| Rethinking Media Change: The Aesthetics of Transition Contributor(s): Thorburn, David (Editor), Jenkins, Henry (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0262701073 ISBN-13: 9780262701075 Publisher: MIT Press OUR PRICE: $34.65 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2004 Annotation: The essays in "Rethinking Media Change" center on a variety of media forms at moments of disruption and cultural transformation. The editors' introduction sketches an aesthetics of media transition -- patterns of development and social dispersion that operate across eras, media forms, and cultures. The book includes case studies of such earlier media as the book, the phonograph, early cinema, and television. It also examines contemporary digital forms, exploring their promise and strangeness. A final section probes aspects of visual culture in such environments as the evolving museum, movie spectaculars, and "the virtual window." The contributors reject apocalyptic scenarios of media revolution, demonstrating instead that media transition is always a mix of tradition and innovation, an accretive process in which emerging and established systems interact, shift, and collude with one another. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Media Studies - Computers | Digital Media - General - Computers | Social Aspects |
| Dewey: 302.23 |
| LCCN: 2002044447 |
| Series: Media in Transition |
| Physical Information: 0.91" H x 7.02" W x 8.92" (1.44 lbs) 416 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The essays in Rethinking Media Change center on a variety of media forms at moments of disruption and cultural transformation. The editors' introduction sketches an aesthetics of media transition--patterns of development and social dispersion that operate across eras, media forms, and cultures. The book includes case studies of such earlier media as the book, the phonograph, early cinema, and television. It also examines contemporary digital forms, exploring their promise and strangeness. A final section probes aspects of visual culture in such environments as the evolving museum, movie spectaculars, and the virtual window. The contributors reject apocalyptic scenarios of media revolution, demonstrating instead that media transition is always a mix of tradition and innovation, an accretive process in which emerging and established systems interact, shift, and collude with one another. |
Contributor Bio(s): Thorburn, David: - David Thorburn is Professor of Literature and Director of the Communications Forum at MIT.Jenkins, Henry: - Henry Jenkins is Provost's Professor of Communication, Journalism and Cinematic Arts at the Annenberg School for Communication, University of Southern California. He is the coeditor of From Barbie to Mortal Kombat: Gender and Computer Games (MIT Press, 1998).Barrett, Edward: - Edward Barrett is Senior Lecturer in the Program in Writing and Humanistic Studies at MIT. |