Title
Capitalism Ate My Sleep but ASMR Brought It Back. Sleep as a Manageable Commodity in the Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response Online Community
Abstract
This article focuses on the perception of sleep in the digital culture of autonomous sensory meridian response (ASMR), examining both viewer-listeners’ online discussions about the impact of ASMR videos on their sleep and the content of audiovisual materials published on YouTube. The paper posits that sleep is viewed in two ways in the ASMR community; on the one hand, in a capitalist sense as a manageable and controllable object, and, on the other, as an element that escapes this discourse. The ASMR culture, while affirming contemporary normative sleep patterns, simultaneously invites its enthusiasts to slow down, unwind, and relax, thereby aligning itself with the slow movement.
Keywords
ASMRsleep managementcritical sleep studiescapitalismslow movement
Object type
Language
English [eng]
Persistent identifier
https://phaidra.univie.ac.at/o:1540277
Appeared in
Title
Zoon Politikon
Volume
13
ISSN
2082-7806
From page
34
To page
59
Publisher
Collegium Civitas, Warsaw, Poland
Date issued
2022-06-15
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