Technics Media in the Digital Age

• Ngôn ngữ: eng
• ISBN-13: 978-9048564552
• Thông tin xuất bản: Amsterdam University Press, 2024
• Mô tả vật lý: 1 online resource (338 p.)
• Bộ sưu tập: Tài liệu truy cập mở
• ID: 461815
• Chủ đề: 1. Film and media studies, philosophy of technology, media theory, science and technology studies, media archaeology, digital humanities; 2. thema EDItEUR::A The Arts::AT Performing arts::ATF Films, cinema::ATFX Filmmaking and production: technical and background skills

Tóm tắt

Technics gathers leading international media scholars to rethink technology for the contemporary digital era. The volume's 28 contributors provide cutting-edge theoretical, historiographical, and methodological reflections on media and technology.
- Chapter s explore the ideas of Walter Benjamin, Ursula Le Guin, Bernhard Siegert, Gilbert Simondon, and Sylvia Wynter in conjunction with urgent issues such as ableism, algorithms, digital infrastructures, generative AI, and geoengineering. An expansive collection of writings on media technologies in the digital age, Technics is an essential resource for students and scholars of film and media studies, digital humanities, science and technology studies, and the philosophy of technology.