Navigating Technomedia
Caught in the Web
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Rowman & Littlefield
Published:7th Dec '07
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This book offers a critical examination of media technologies and their influence on social life, particularly in the context of global communication. Navigating Technomedia invites reflection.
In Navigating Technomedia, the author explores the profound impact of media technologies on our social lives, highlighting their integral role in shaping contemporary communication. From emails to video calls and text messaging, these technologies not only facilitate our daily interactions but also frame our understanding of a globalized reality. The book argues for a fresh perspective on media theory, advocating for the examination of technomedia on its own terms, rather than through traditional frameworks.
The narrative delves into various academic disciplines, including sociology, philosophy, and media studies, to provide a comprehensive analysis of modern media technologies. By addressing themes such as modernity versus postmodernity, the evolution of knowledge, and the dynamics of space and time, Navigating Technomedia presents a multifaceted view of how these technologies influence cultural politics in our information-rich age.
This work serves as both an introduction to essential concepts in media studies and a critical examination of the interplay between theory and everyday life. By situating high theory within the context of our daily experiences, the author invites readers to reconsider their relationship with media technologies and the realities they construct. Ultimately, Navigating Technomedia challenges us to reflect on the implications of our media-saturated environment and encourages a deeper understanding of the forces that shape our interactions.
In NavigatingTechnomedia Sam Han explores the fate of being itself, when all things solid have turned into telelectronics. Here, reflexive human subjectivity mutates into a neurotic mosaic of nodal interfaces as techno-denizens of the early twenty-first century find themselves adrift in incessant waves of communication with sentient beings of all sorts, only some of which are human. Han's discerning work provokes a critical, theoretical, and physical encounter with the networked streams of media that feedback upon the energetic material flows and modulating identities of those caught in a web of global capitalist and technological transformations in power, knowledge, and the constitution of life itself. -- Stephen Pfohl, professor of sociology, Boston College, and author of Death at the Parasite Café, Images of Deviance and Social Control and Left
[Han] attempts to create a broader theoretical footing for delving deeper into how technomedia establishes the virtual era, and what this means for everyday life and social experience. Recommended. * CHOICE, November 2008 *
Caught in the Web is a clear, exciting, and complete survey of our changing commuicative environment. One of the book's most intriguing ideas is that New Media has created a social space that is as much virtual as it is real. -- Charles Lemert, Andrus Professor of Sociology, Wesleyan University
ISBN: 9780742560246
Dimensions: 215mm x 140mm x 15mm
Weight: 245g
186 pages