Media Archaeology
Approaches, Applications, and Implications
Erkki Huhtamo editor Jussi Parikka editor
Format:Hardback
Publisher:University of California Press
Published:12th Jul '11
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This book introduces an archaeological approach to the study of media - one that sifts through the evidence to learn how media were written about, used, designed, preserved, and sometimes discarded. Edited by Erkki Huhtamo and Jussi Parikka, with contributions from internationally prominent scholars from Europe, North America, and Japan, the essays help us understand how the media that predate today's interactive, digital forms were in their time contested, adopted and embedded in the everyday. Providing a broad overview of the many historical and theoretical facets of Media Archaeology as an emerging field, the book encourages discussion by presenting a full range of different voices. By revisiting 'old' or even 'dead' media, it provides a richer horizon for understanding 'new' media in their complex and often contradictory roles in contemporary society and culture.
"A fascinating addition to work carried out in the social sciences." Information, Communication & Society
ISBN: 9780520262737
Dimensions: 229mm x 152mm x 23mm
Weight: 680g
368 pages