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	\|Subject=Digital culture, Aesthetics, Agency		\|Subject=Digital culture, Aesthetics, Agency
	\|Description=In the The WIRED article Showler explores how browsers not only serve as gateways to the internet but also influence the way we think, act, and are surveilled online. It examines how features like tabs and private search, initially intended to enhance user experience, reflect and shape our fractured attention spans and desire for privacy. However, the browser’s underlying mechanics, such as tracking and personalized responses to user behavior, expose the tension between browsing as a free, casual act and its deep ties to commercial and surveillance interests. Ultimately, it argues that browsers subtly dictate how we interact with digital spaces, challenging notions of neutrality and autonomy in online environments.		\|Description=In the The WIRED article Showler explores how browsers not only serve as gateways to the internet but also influence the way we think, act, and are surveilled online. It examines how features like tabs and private search, initially intended to enhance user experience, reflect and shape our fractured attention spans and desire for privacy. However, the browser’s underlying mechanics, such as tracking and personalized responses to user behavior, expose the tension between browsing as a free, casual act and its deep ties to commercial and surveillance interests. Ultimately, it argues that browsers subtly dictate how we interact with digital spaces, challenging notions of neutrality and autonomy in online environments.
	\|Quote=hough you might be 'only browsing,' the internet responds to your habits —what you click on, where you linger—and reveals itself to you differently in response. The idea of browsing as a withholding of commitment—and, more particularly, of one’s purchasing power—isn’t really possible in this context. To use a browser is, directly or indirectly, to participate in commerce. No act of browsing is ever really idle.		\|Quote=To use a browser is, directly or indirectly, to participate in commerce. No act of browsing is ever really idle.
	\|External reference=[https://www.suzannahshowler.com Suzannah Showler], [https://www.wired.com WIRED]		\|External reference=[https://www.suzannahshowler.com Suzannah Showler], [https://www.wired.com WIRED]
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{{Entry
|Entry number=074
|People=Suzannah Showler
|Entity=Individual
|Title=Your Internet Browser Does Not Belong to You
|Link=https://www.wired.com/story/browser-online-search-surveillance-psychology/
|Type=Article
|Discipline=critical
|Subject=Digital culture, Aesthetics, Agency
|Description=In the The WIRED article Showler explores how browsers not only serve as gateways to the internet but also influence the way we think, act, and are surveilled online. It examines how features like tabs and private search, initially intended to enhance user experience, reflect and shape our fractured attention spans and desire for privacy. However, the browser’s underlying mechanics, such as tracking and personalized responses to user behavior, expose the tension between browsing as a free, casual act and its deep ties to commercial and surveillance interests. Ultimately, it argues that browsers subtly dictate how we interact with digital spaces, challenging notions of neutrality and autonomy in online environments.
|Quote=hough you might be 'only browsing,' the internet responds to your habits —what you click on, where you linger—and reveals itself to you differently in response. The idea of browsing as a withholding of commitment—and, more particularly, of one’s purchasing power—isn’t really possible in this context. To use a browser is, directly or indirectly, to participate in commerce. No act of browsing is ever really idle.
|External reference=[https://www.suzannahshowler.com Suzannah Showler], [https://www.wired.com WIRED]
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Chinouk at 19:41, 4 December 2024