Communications, philosophy, film and video, digital culture: media
studies straddles an astounding array of fields and disciplines and
produces a vocabulary that is in equal parts rigorous and
intuitive. "Critical Terms for Media Studies" defines, and at times
redefines, what this new and hybrid area aims to do, illuminating
the key concepts behind its liveliest debates and most dynamic
topics. Part of a larger conversation that engages culture,
technology, and politics, this exciting collection of essays
explores our most critical language for dealing with the qualities
and modes of contemporary media. Edited by two outstanding scholars
in the field, W.J.T. Mitchell and Mark B.N. Hansen, and featuring a
team of distinguished contributors - including N. Katherine Hayles,
Johanna Drucker, and Bernard Stiegler - "Critical Terms for Media
Studies" offers diverse opportunities for students to understand
the language that underpins much of new media. The essays,
commissioned expressly for this volume, not only emphasize the ways
in which technology changes our understanding of mediation, but
also help to articulate issues important to media practitioners,
such as the obsolescence of the body and the changing role of
memory. Mitchell and Hansen have organized these essays into three
interrelated groups: 'Aesthetics' engages with terms that describe
sensory experiences and judgments, 'Technology' offers entry into a
broad array of technological concepts, and 'Society' invites
inquiry into language that describes the systems that allow a
medium to function. A compelling reference work for the
twenty-first century and the media that form our experience within
it, "Critical Terms for Media Studies" will engage and deepen
anyone's knowledge of one of our most important new fields.
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