Rethinking media change : the aesthetics of transition / edited by David Thorburn and Henry Jenkins ; associate editor, Brad Seawell.
2003
P90 .R38 2003eb
Linked e-resources
Linked Resource
Online Access through The MIT Press Direct
Details
Title
Rethinking media change : the aesthetics of transition / edited by David Thorburn and Henry Jenkins ; associate editor, Brad Seawell.
ISBN
9780262284943 (electronic bk.)
0262284944 (electronic bk.)
0585480257 (electronic bk.)
9780585480251 (electronic bk.)
0262201461
0262284944 (electronic bk.)
0585480257 (electronic bk.)
9780585480251 (electronic bk.)
0262201461
Publication Details
Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©2003.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (x, 404 pages) : illustrations.
Call Number
P90 .R38 2003eb
Dewey Decimal Classification
302.23/09
Summary
The essays in Rethinking Media Change center on a variety of media forms at moments of disruption and cultural transformation. The editors' introduction sketches an aesthetics of media transition--patterns of development and social dispersion that operate across eras, media forms, and cultures. The book includes case studies of such earlier media as the book, the phonograph, early cinema, and television. It also examines contemporary digital forms, exploring their promise and strangeness. A final section probes aspects of visual culture in such environments as the evolving museum, movie spectaculars, and "the virtual window." The contributors reject apocalyptic scenarios of media revolution, demonstrating instead that media transition is always a mix of tradition and innovation, an accretive process in which emerging and established systems interact, shift, and collude with one another.
Access Note
Access limited to authorized users.
Source of Description
OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
Record Appears in
Online Resources > Ebooks
All Resources
All Resources