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THE INFORMATIONALIZATION OF RACE:
COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES AND GENOMICS IN THE
INFORMATION AGE
by
Peter A. Chow-White
A Dissertation Presented to the
FACULTY OF THE GRADUATE SCHOOL
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
In Partial Fulfillment of the
Requirements for the Degree
DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY
(COMMUNICATION)
August 2007
Copyright 2007 Peter A. Chow-White
Object Description
| Title | The informationalization of race: communication technologies and genomics in the information age |
| Author | Chow-White, Peter A. |
| Author email | petercw@sfu.ca |
| Degree | Doctor of Philosophy |
| Document type | Dissertation |
| Degree program | Communication |
| School | Annenberg School for Communication |
| Date defended/completed | 2006-12-10 |
| Date submitted | 2007 |
| Restricted until | Unrestricted |
| Date published | 2007-08-07 |
| Advisor (committee chair) | Castells, Manuel |
| Advisor (committee member) |
Sturken, Marita Sanchez, George |
| Abstract | As a mode of representation, a structuring device, and as a biological category, race is undergoing a significant transformation in the digital age. This dissertation shows how a new form of racialization is being produced through developments and innovations in communication technologies. Increasingly, racial knowledge is being constructed from seemingly neutral and unrelated pieces of information, which are collected, sorted, analyzed, and accessed through two key technologies: databases and the Internet. I call this interaction between technology and identity the informationalization of race. Race as information develops from race as the body and race as culture. To understand how this new formation is emerging through the social shaping of new media technologies in a specific institutional setting, I conduct organizational, political economic, and discourse analyses of the next Human Genome Project, the HapMap Project. Advances in human genomics has recently re-invigorated scientific research into the relationship between race and biology. Where the HGP concluded that humanity is similar at the genetic level, the HapMap Project began by looking for differences between racialized groups. The findings from the HapMap project have been promised to help in developing pharmaceuticals that can target common diseases, such as cancer. However, this development also opens the door to old biological conceptions of race and a new phase of the biopolitics where biology, technology, and information converge on the human body. |
| Keyword | race; genomics; information society; new media; culture; health; policy |
| Language | English |
| Part of collection | University of Southern California dissertations and theses |
| Publisher (of the original version) | University of Southern California |
| Place of publication (of the original version) | Los Angeles, California |
| Publisher (of the digital version) | University of Southern California. Libraries |
| Type | texts |
| Legacy record ID | usctheses-m645 |
| Contributing entity | University of Southern California |
| Rights | Chow-White, Peter A. |
| Repository name | Libraries, University of Southern California |
| Repository address | Los Angeles, California |
| Repository email | http://www.usc.edu/isd/libraries/services/ask_a_librarian/email/ |
| Filename | etd-ChowWhite-20070807 |
| Archival file | uscthesesreloadpub_Volume23/etd-ChowWhite-20070807.pdf |
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| Title | Page 1 |
| Contributing entity | University of Southern California |
| Full text | THE INFORMATIONALIZATION OF RACE: COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES AND GENOMICS IN THE INFORMATION AGE by Peter A. Chow-White A Dissertation Presented to the FACULTY OF THE GRADUATE SCHOOL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY (COMMUNICATION) August 2007 Copyright 2007 Peter A. Chow-White |
