‘ASMR’ autobiographies and the (life-)writing of digital subjectivity

Gallagher, Rob

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“…Therefore, ASMR individuals should be advised to keep away from ASMR-triggering audios or videos when on tasks which engaged executive attention, such as driving. In recent years, the popularity of ASMR was rapidly growing on the internet (Gallagher, 2019). Also, the mysterious, euphoric, and relaxing tingling sensation in ASMR has been used in the treatment for stress, depression, chronic pain, and insomnia (A.…”

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The influence of autonomous sensory meridian response on individual’s executive function

Wang

Yang

Sun

et al. 2020

Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology

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Autonomous sensory meridian response (ASMR) is a special perceptual phenomenon in which some people can experience a tingling, static-like sensation in response to some certain auditory/visual stimulations. This study compared the performance of executive function (working memory, set shifting, and inhibitory control) between ASMR participants and control participants after three auditory treatment conditions, i.e., ASMR-triggering audio (Triggering), normal-speaking audio (Normal), and with no auditory treatment (Baseline). The results showed that the ASMR individuals did not differ in executive function with the control participants in either Normal or Baseline condition. However, the set shifting and inhibitory control of ASMR individuals slowed down after ASMR-triggering auditory treatment. In this study, ASMR individuals with ASMR-triggering auditory treatment reported that they all experienced three ASMR episodes before completing executive function tasks. These findings indicated that there was no intrinsic difference in executive function between ASMR and control individuals. But ASMR individuals’ executive function would be interfered when the ASMR was triggered.

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The influence of autonomous sensory meridian response on individual’s executive function

Wang

Yang

Sun

et al. 2020

Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology

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“…Scholars interested in the socio-cultural dimensions of ASMR situate the phenomenon in various frameworks, including the gender representations and roles in published videos, such as the gendered notions of care (Smith and Snider 2019), as well as the practices of intimacy correlated with sound (Klausen 2019), voice (Iossifidis 2017) or whispering (Andersen 2015). They also focus on the creation of "digital subjectivity" in ASMR (Gallagher 2018). The research on the sleep-related discourse and its understanding in ASMR will shed new light on this subculture and contribute to the existing literature on the topic.…”

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Capitalism Ate My Sleep but ASMR Brought It Back. Sleep as a Manageable Commodity in the Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response Online Community

Łapińska

2022

Zoon Polit.

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This article focuses on the perception of sleep in the digital culture of autonomous sensory meridian response (ASMR), examining both viewer-listeners’ online discussions about the impact of ASMR videos on their sleep and the content of audiovisual materials published on YouTube. The paper posits that sleep is viewed in two ways in the ASMR community; on the one hand, in a capitalist sense as a manageable and controllable object, and, on the other, as an element that escapes this discourse. The ASMR culture, while affirming contemporary normative sleep patterns, simultaneously invites its enthusiasts to slow down, unwind, and relax, thereby aligning itself with the slow movement.

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“…Aside from peer-reviewed articles on ASMR from a psychological and/or neuroscientific point-of-view (see e.g., Fredborg, et al, 2018;McErlean and Banissy, 2018;del Campo and Kehle, 2016;Barratt and Davis, 2015), not much research has been carried out to investigate the technologicallymediated aspects of the phenomenon. Instead, recent research has explored themes such as gender, sexuality, Internet culture and mediated intimacy (see e.g., Gallagher, 2018Gallagher, , 2016Iossifidis, 2017;Bennett, 2016;Waldron, 2017;Smith and Snider, 2019;Klausen, 2019, in press;Spencer, 2020;Łapińska, 2020;Maddox, 2021a.…”

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ASMR explained: Role play videos as a form of touching with the eyes and the ears

Klausen

2021

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In this paper, I introduce and discuss technologically-mediated ASMR (Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response) in the form of role play videos. I suggest using haptic audio-visuality as a theoretical elaboration to describe a form of touching with the eyes and the ears through interpersonal triggers, direct address and directional touching. And I present ASMR role play videos as a category that can be viewed as both a shared pleasure and a personal experience. Despite its mediated — body-to-screen rather than body-to-body — and one-way format, research suggests that ASMR can be regarded as an intimate, present and interpersonal experience. ASMR has succeeded in integrating the viewer-listeners’ physical reality with virtuality and creating a perception of presence. What is missing, however, is a more in-depth exploration of how this perception of presence is created through the performative construction of a particular kind of attuned, imaginative and interactive viewer-listener within ASMR role play videos. This is what I intend to explore in this paper.

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‘ASMR’ autobiographies and the (life-)writing of digital subjectivity

Cited by 39 publications

References 30 publications

The influence of autonomous sensory meridian response on individual’s executive function

The influence of autonomous sensory meridian response on individual’s executive function

Capitalism Ate My Sleep but ASMR Brought It Back. Sleep as a Manageable Commodity in the Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response Online Community

ASMR explained: Role play videos as a form of touching with the eyes and the ears

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