# Governmentalities Term used to describe [[big tech]] and its political biases. ### Partial Clip from Britannica Governmentality, approach to the study of power that emphasizes the governing of people’s conduct through positive means rather than the sovereign power to formulate the law. In contrast to a disciplinarian form of power, governmentality is generally associated with the willing participation of the governed. The concept of governmentality takes the definition of government as the exercise of organized political power by a nation or state (see also nation-state) and expands it to include the active consent and willingness of individuals to participate in their own governance. It proposes that government by the state is only one form of governing, that the terms state and government are not synonymous, and that actions taken by the state alone cannot bring about its desired ends. Clipped from [Governmentality | Definition, Conceptual Elements, & Facts | Britannica](https://www.britannica.com/topic/governmentality) at 2023-11-19. --- # Links