Media Archaeology: Approaches, Applications, and Implications

Media Archaeology: Approaches, Applications, and Implications

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 todayâ€™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 â€˜oldâ€™ or even â€˜deadâ€™ media, it provides a richer horizon for understanding â€˜newâ€™ media in their complex and often contradictory roles in contemporary society and culture.

Country	USA
Binding	Kindle Edition
Edition	1
EISBN	9780520948518
Format	Kindle eBook
Label	University of California Press
Manufacturer	University of California Press
NumberOfPages	368
PublicationDate	2011-06-16
Publisher	University of California Press
ReleaseDate	2011-04-20
Studio	University of California Press

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