{"583848":{"#nid":"583848","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"Home Monitoring Will Soon Monitor\u00a0You","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EIan Bogost, professor in the School of Literature, Media, and Communication, wrote\u0026nbsp;\u0026ldquo;Home Monitoring Will Soon Monitor\u0026nbsp;You\u0026rdquo; for\u0026nbsp;\u003Cstrong\u003EThe Atlantic\u003C\/strong\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EExcerpt:\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cblockquote\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EI worry. About my family. My house. My dumb possessions, and my treasured ones. Doesn\u0026rsquo;t everyone? \u0026ldquo;Happiness,\u0026rdquo; Don Draper opines in\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003EMad Men\u003C\/em\u003E\u0026rsquo;s pilot, \u0026ldquo;is the freedom from fear.\u0026rdquo; Companies sell people solutions to those fears\u0026mdash;even if they are contrived ones. Listerine, invented to cure a made-up condition called halitosis. Nike, whose kicks are used for sloth more than athleticism. Apple, whose modernist, glass-and-aluminum shields hide compulsion.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EJust as people originally bought mobile phones to protect against hypothetical emergencies, so internet-connected smart devices now often sell comfort from fear. Motion cameras that\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.momtastic.com\/parenting\/552323-best-nanny-cams-2015\/\u0022\u003Edeter\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;evil babysitters. Recording doorbells that\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/blog.ring.com\/index.php\/2016\/04\/01\/the-ultimate-list-of-burglar-deterrents-final-four\/\u0022\u003Estave off\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;solicitors and burglars. Propane scales that\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gaswatch.com\/\u0022\u003Eavert\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;cook-out disaster. Sensor-tentacled boxes that\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/store.supermechanical.com\/products\/moisture-sensor\u0022\u003Ewarn against\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;flooding.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EFor the full article, read\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/technology\/archive\/2016\/11\/home-monitoring-will-soon-monitor-you\/507263\/\u0022\u003Ehere\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"28513","created_gmt":"2016-11-14 18:56:50","changed_gmt":"2016-11-14 18:56:50","author":"Daniel Singer","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"JS Coon Building","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"http:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/technology\/archive\/2016\/11\/home-monitoring-will-soon-monitor-you\/507263\/","dateline":{"date":"2016-11-11T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2016-11-11T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"252091":{"id":"252091","type":"image","title":"Ian Bogost","body":null,"created":"1449243813","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 15:43:33","changed":"1502475238","gmt_changed":"2017-08-11 18:13:58","alt":"Ian Bogost","file":{"fid":"226504","name":"bogost-color.png","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/bogost-color.png","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/bogost-color.png","mime":"image\/png","size":6216793,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/bogost-color.png?itok=5Aa1q5ge"}}},"media_ids":["252091"],"groups":[{"id":"1281","name":"Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}