Tarleton Gillespie, Pablo J. Boczkowski, Kirsten A. Foot

Media Technologies: Essays on Communication, Materiality, and Society (Inside Technology Series)

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ISBN 13:: 9780262525374
author:: Tarleton Gillespie, Pablo J. Boczkowski, Kirsten A. Foot
format:: Paperback
publisher:: MIT Press
language:: English
Publication Year:: 2014
Pages:: 320
Dimensions:: 15.2 x 1.4 x 22.9 cm
Genre:: Society, Politics & Philosophy, Social Sciences, Communication Studies
Condition:: New
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Media Technologies: Essays on Communication, Materiality, and Society by Tarleton Gillespie, Pablo J. Boczkowski, and Kirsten A. Foot explores the complex relationship between media technologies and society. This collection of essays challenges traditional views of technology as a separate entity that shapes social life, instead examining it as an integral part of distinct social, cultural, and political practices. The contributors draw on theoretical perspectives from science and technology studies to examine the symbolic dimensions of media technologies, including their materiality and the work involved in keeping them alive. By considering the lived realities of network infrastructure and the minute efforts that sustain these technologies, this book offers a nuanced understanding of media technologies as complex sociomaterial phenomena. Through the contributions of leading scholars from both communication and media studies, as well as science and technology studies, Media Technologies provides a rich and multidisciplinary exploration of the intersections between technology, society, and culture.

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