Onlife Explained

Onlife is a neologism coined by philosopher Luciano Floridi in 2012.^[1] The concept is a portmanteau (online+life)referring to "the new experience of a hyperconnected reality within which it is no longer sensible to ask whether one may be online or offline"^[2] (Floridi 2015:1). The term has taken inspiration from Hannah Arendt's The Human Condition (1958) "to better understand and articulate the interactions of ICTs with notions of public space in particular and our contemporarylifeworld more generally"^[3] (Simon & Cees, 2015:157). The term gained significant recognition with the publication of the 2015 Onlife Manifesto, edited by Floridi himself.^[4] The manifesto brought together academics from across Europe to discuss the social effects, policy-making, ethical implications, and legal advancements related to hyperconnectivity in Europe and beyond.

Scholarly uses

The Onlife Manifesto has since received 1.01 million accesses on the publisher's website^[5] and has concept has been used internationally by Mireille Hildebrandt in criminal justice,^[6] by David Lyon within sociology and surveillance studies,^[7] as well as in psychology,^[8] and technology and law^[9] and criminology.^[10]

Notes and References

1. Simon & Ess . COMMENTARY: The ONLIFE Initiative—a Concept Reengineering Exercise . 2015 . 28 . 157–162 . 10.1007/s13347-015-0189-8.
2. Book: The Onlife Manifesto . 2015 . Springer International Publishing . 978-3-319-04092-9 . Floridi . Luciano . Cham . 10.1007/978-3-319-04093-6.
3. Simon . Judith . Ess . Charles . March 2015 . The ONLIFE Initiative—a Concept Reengineering Exercise . Philosophy & Technology . 28 . 1 . 157–162 . 10.1007/s13347-015-0189-8 . 2210-5433.
4. Book: The Onlife Manifesto . 2015 . Springer International Publishing . 978-3-319-04092-9 . Floridi . Luciano . Cham . 10.1007/978-3-319-04093-6.
5. Book: The Onlife Manifesto . Springer Link . 10.1007/978-3-319-04093-6 . 24 July 2024 . 2015 . 978-3-319-04092-9 . Floridi . Luciano .
6. Book: Hildebrandt . Mireille . Smart Technologies and the End(s) of Law . 2016 . Edward Elgar . 978-1-78643-022-9.
7. Book: Lyon . David . The Culture of Surveillance: Watching as a Way of Life . 2018 . Polity Books.
8. Valentini; Lorusso . Onlife Extremism: Dynamic Integration of Digital and Physical Spaces in Radicalization . Frontiers in Psychology. 2020 . 11 . 524 . 524 . 10.3389/fpsyg.2020.00524 . free . 32269543. 7109393 .
9. Turnbull . Amanda . Onlife Harms: Uber and Sexual Violence . Canadian Journal of Law & Technology . 2022 . 19 . 2.
10. Szakolczai . Janos Mark . 2023-07-14 . Exiting the captaverse: Digital resistance and its limits pre and post the Covid-19 pandemic . Criminology & Criminal Justice . 10.1177/17488958231184695 . 1748-8958 . 10350582.