| Media Matter: The Materiality of Media, Matter as Medium Contributor(s): Herzogenrath, Bernd (Editor), Pisters, Patricia (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1501320106 ISBN-13: 9781501320101 Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic OUR PRICE: $51.43 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: February 2017 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Media Studies - Philosophy - Science |
| Dewey: 302.230 |
| Series: Thinking Media |
| Physical Information: 0.68" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (0.83 lbs) 328 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Launching Bloomsbury's Thinking Media series, Media Matter introduces readers to the nascent field of media-philosophy. Contributors urge readers to re-adjust their ideas of Media Studies, by extending the understanding of medium to include a concept of materiality that also includes non-human transmitters (elements such as water, earth, fire, air) and also by understanding media not only in the context of cultural or discursive systems or apparatuses, relays, transistors, hardware or discourse networks, but more inclusively, in terms of a media ecology. Beginning with more general essays on media and then focusing on particular themes (neuroplasticity, photography, sculpture and music), especially in relation to film, Herzogenrath and the contributors redefine the concept of medium in order to think through media, rather than about them. |
Contributor Bio(s): Herzogenrath, Bernd: - Bernd Herzogenrath is Professor of American Studies at the University of Frankfurt, Germany. |
