The adverse psychological impacts of digital technology: critiquing Schulman’s this beautiful life from postmodern insights

IF 1.1 4区 农林科学 Q3 AGRICULTURE, DAIRY & ANIMAL SCIENCE
R. P. Adhikary
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This study aims to examine the psychological effects of digital technology on individuals by analyzing the characters of Jake and Daisy in This Beautiful Life. It also focuses on how the postmodern trend of imbibing the ethos and spirit of late capitalist consumer culture and the commodification of subjectivity put extreme pressure on individuals, leading to their disintegration and degeneration. The study uses the theoretical ideas and insights of leading postmodern theorists, such as Arthur Kroke and David Kroke, to analyze the harmful effects of the postmodern trend of simulating double identity in excess. It explores the causes of the psychic deviations and disintegration of Jake and Daisy within the postmodern context. This research is a qualitative analysis of the novel by using a postmodern theoretical framework to analyze the characters of Jake and Daisy and their actions and choices in the novel. The study finds that the harsh psychological effects of digital technology are evident in the characters of Jake and Daisy. Their unrestrained involvement in the postmodern trend of imbibing the ethos and spirit of late capitalist consumer culture leads to the degeneration and decadence of their psychic integrity. Meanwhile, Daisy's mundane and monotonous life leads her to construct fantasies in her mind, leading her to embark on a sporadic spree of murdering her close friends. The study concludes that the postmodern trend of imbibing the ethos and spirit of late capitalist consumer culture and the commodification of subjectivity have a detrimental effect on individuals' psychological well-being. The lack of postmodern trend to erase the boundary between the normal and the abnormal exacerbates the situation, leading individuals to become cruel and violent.
数字技术对心理的负面影响:从后现代视角看舒尔曼的这段美好人生
本研究旨在通过分析《美丽人生》中杰克和黛西的角色,探讨数字技术对个体的心理影响。后现代思潮对晚期资本主义消费文化的思潮和精神的吸收以及主体性的商品化如何给个体带来极大的压力,导致个体的解体和退化。本研究运用亚瑟·克洛克和大卫·克洛克等后现代理论家的理论思想和见解,分析了过度模拟双重身份的后现代思潮的有害影响。探讨了杰克和黛西在后现代语境中心理偏差和解体的原因。本研究是对小说的定性分析,运用后现代理论框架分析小说中杰克和黛西的角色及其行为和选择。研究发现,数字技术带来的严重心理影响在杰克和黛西这两个角色身上表现得很明显。他们毫无节制地卷入后现代潮流,吸收晚期资本主义消费文化的风气和精神,导致了他们精神完整性的堕落和颓废。与此同时,黛西平凡而单调的生活导致她在脑海中构建幻想,导致她开始偶尔疯狂谋杀她的亲密朋友。研究认为,吸收晚期资本主义消费文化的思潮和精神的后现代趋势以及主体性的商品化对个人的心理健康产生了不利的影响。后现代思潮的缺失使正常与不正常之间的界限更加恶化,导致个体变得残忍和暴力。
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Brazilian Journal of Poultry Science
Brazilian Journal of Poultry Science 农林科学-奶制品与动物科学
CiteScore
1.80
自引率
9.10%
发文量
60
审稿时长
>12 weeks
期刊介绍: A Revista Brasileira de Ciência Avícola surgiu em 1999 a partir da necessidade que a comunidade científica possuía de um periódico para veiculação e publicação de seus trabalhos, com a publicação de três números anuais. A Revista conta hoje com um corpo editorial altamente qualificado e com artigos científicos desenvolvidos pelos maiores especialistas da área, o que a cada dia atrai mais leitores em busca de inovação e respaldo técnico. Devido à credibilidade que conquistou pelos esforços de sus autores, relatores e revisores, a Revista ganhou caráter de coleção, sendo consultada como fonte segura de estudo desenvolvidos na Avicultura. A partir de 2003 – volume 5 -, a Revista passou a chamar-se Brazilian Journal of Poultry Science, e todos os trabalhos passaram a ser publicados em inglês. No mesmo ano subiu para quatro o número de revistas por volume, ampliando-se assim os trabalhos publicados anualmente.
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