Why do we understand media the way we do? In their simplest forms,
media are means of communication and instruments of human
creativity. But on another level, news outlets are powerful
entities that govern how we think and act in the world, and they
can even take on a sinister character, with conglomerates working
in opposition to freedom of information. Dominic Boyer grapples
with these complexities in "Understanding Media", where he
questions what our different ways of engaging media actually tell
us about ourselves, communication, and how we relate to
information. "Understanding Media" explores, in a serious yet
entertaining way, our common habits of thinking about the presence
and significance of the channels of information in our lives.
Offering analysis of the philosophical and social foundations of
contemporary media theory as well as everyday strategies of knowing
media, it addresses the advantages and limitations of different
ways of understanding it. Finally, Boyer reflects on how we can
know media better than we do.
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