Jurnal Komunikasi Indonesia
Vol 7, No 3 (2018): November

Digital Body: Horcrux of Extended Self in Post-Human Era

Sari Monik Agustin (Universitas Indonesia)



Article Info

Publish Date
14 Jan 2019

Abstract

Tubuh yang semula diganggu gugat telah berubah karena dengan inovasi teknologi yang ada, tubuh dapat diubah dan direkonstruksi seperti mengganti bagian-bagian mesin. Di era digital ini, tubuh dapat ditransformasikan menjadi bentuk non-material dan direkonstruksi. Data digital dapat disematkan dan avatar dapat dibentuk atau dibuat. Kesimpulan dari tulisan ini, tubuh digital adalah tubuh non-material yang mengandung horcrux, objek digital dari kata-kata dan pemikiran yang tinggal, dalam bentuk data digital dan avatar, yang mengacu pada perluasan diri di era pasca-manusia dengan karakteristik diri yang dikendalikan-dematerialisasi, diri hiperrealitas, diri dengan dukungan sosial, diri yang dikembangkan, dan diri yang berafi liasi sosial. Body that was originally inviolable has changed as it turns out that with the existing technological innovations, body can be changed and reconstructed like replacing engine parts. In this digital era, body can be transformed into a non-material form and reconstructed. Digital data can be embedded and avatars can be formed or created. The conclusion of this writing is that digital body is a non-material body containing horcruxes, digital objects of dwelling words and thoughts, in the form of digital data and avatars, which refer to extended-self in a post-human era with characteristics of controlled-dematerialized self, hyperreality-re embodiment self, social-supportive self, developed-extended self, and social-affi liated self.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

jkmi

Publisher

Subject

Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media

Description

Jurnal Komunikasi Indonesia (JKI) is a peer reviewed, open access, scholarly journal that provides a dedicated, interdisciplinary forum for research on communication and media. JKI was launched in 2012 and is published by Department of Communication, Faculty of Social and Political Sciences, ...