Theories of the new media : a historical perspective / edited and with an introduction by John Thornton Caldwell.

Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
London : Athlone, 2000.
Description
viii, 331 p. ; 23 cm.

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    Summary note
    "Theories of the New Media anchors contemporary discussion of the digital future within a critical tradition about the media arts, society, and culture. The essays chart a critical field in media studies, providing a historical perspective on theories of new media." "The contributors place discussion of producing technologies in dialogue with consuming technologies and argue that digital media should not be restricted within the limited confines and public discourses of either the computer, broadcast, or motion picture industries. The collection charts a range of theoretical positions to assist readers interested in new media and enable them to survive the cycles of hardware obsolescence and theoretical volatility that characterise the present rush toward digital technologies."--BOOK JACKET.
    Bibliographic references
    Includes bibliographical references (p. 309-316) and index.
    Action note
    Committed to retain in perpetuity — ReCAP Shared Collection (HUL)
    Contents
    • Introduction : theorizing the digital landrush / John Thornton Caldwell
    • Theorizing technohistory : old media/new media
    • The technology and the society / Raymond Williams
    • Constituents of a theory of the media / Hans Magnus Enzensberger
    • Breakages limited / Brian Winston
    • The work of culture in the age of cybernetic systems / Bill Nichols
    • Producing technoculture
    • The theory of the virtual class / Arthur Kroher and Michael A. Weinstein
    • The scene of the screen : envisioning cinematic and electronic "presence" / Vivian Sobchack
    • Sex, death, and machinery, or How I fell in love with my prosthesis / Allucquere Rosanne Stone
    • Consuming technoculture
    • New technologies, audience measurement, and the tactics of television consumption / len Ang
    • The circuit of technology : gender, identity, and power / Cynthia Cockburn
    • Moral Kombat and computer game girls / Helen Cunningham - Television and the internet / Ellen Seiter
    • Boundaries, identities, practice
    • Hacking away at the counterculture / Andrew Ross
    • Beyond the nationalist panopticon : the experience of cyberpublics in India / Ravi Sundaram
    • Virtual barrio @ the other frontier (or the chicano interneta) / Guillermo Gomez-Peña.
    ISBN
    0485300915
    OCLC
    42875402
    RCP
    H - S
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