{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"HIIG","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.hiig.de\/en\/","title":"Addiction: Apt metaphor for (over)use of digital technology? &#8211; Digital Society Blog","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"Iu0c1ZMcjN\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hiig.de\/en\/addiction-apt-metaphor-for-overuse-of-digital-technology\/\">Addiction: Apt metaphor for (over)use of digital technology?<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hiig.de\/en\/addiction-apt-metaphor-for-overuse-of-digital-technology\/embed\/#?secret=Iu0c1ZMcjN\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Addiction: Apt metaphor for (over)use of digital technology?&#8221; &#8212; HIIG\" data-secret=\"Iu0c1ZMcjN\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script>\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/\/# sourceURL=https:\/\/www.hiig.de\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n<\/script>\n","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/www.hiig.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/blogpost_wyatt-1.jpg","thumbnail_width":800,"thumbnail_height":450,"description":"People are increasingly being warned about the dangers to one\u2019s physical and emotional well-being of always being online. In this post, Sally Wyatt reflects critically on the metaphors of \u2018use\u2019 and \u2018addiction\u2019 applied to digital technology, but first examines some of the paradoxes associated with applying machine metaphors to the human condition. \u2018Imagine you are&hellip;"}