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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