Rethinking Media Change: The Aesthetics of Transition

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David Thorburn (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) Henry Jenkins (Professor, University of Southern California)

Rethinking Media Change

The Aesthetics of Transition

David Thorburn (Massachusetts Institute of Technology), Henry Jenkins (Professor, University of Southern California), David Thorburn (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) , Edward Barrett (Senior Lecturer in Writing; Director, Undergraduate Studies, Comparative Media Studies, MIT)

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MIT Press
17 September 2004

Media studies

Series: Media in Transition

The essays in Rethinking Media Change center on a variety of media forms at moments of disruption and cultural transformation. The editors' introduction sketches an aesthetics of media transition-patterns of development and social dispersion that operate across eras, media forms, and cultures. The book includes case studies of such earlier media as the book, the phonograph, early cinema, and television. It also examines contemporary digital forms, exploring their promise and strangeness. A final section probes aspects of visual culture in such environments as the evolving museum, movie spectaculars, and ""the virtual window."" The contributors reject apocalyptic scenarios of media revolution, demonstrating instead that media transition is always a mix of tradition and innovation, an accretive process in which emerging and established systems interact, shift, and collude with one another.

Edited by: David Thorburn (Massachusetts Institute of Technology), Henry Jenkins (Professor, University of Southern California)
Series edited by: David Thorburn (Massachusetts Institute of Technology), Edward Barrett (Senior Lecturer in Writing; Director, Undergraduate Studies, Comparative Media Studies, MIT), Henry Jenkins (Professor, University of Southern California)
Imprint: MIT Press
Country of Publication: United States
Edition: New edition
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 178mm, Spine: 25mm
Weight: 680g
ISBN: 9780262701075
ISBN 10: 0262701073
Series: Media in Transition
Pages: 416
Publication Date: 17 September 2004
Recommended Age: From 18 years
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Inactive

David Thorburn is Professor of Literature and Director of the Communications Forum at MIT. Henry Jenkins is Provost's Professor of Communication, Journalism and Cinematic Arts at the Annenberg School for Communication, University of Southern California. He is the coeditor of From Barbie to Mortal Kombat- Gender and Computer Games (MIT Press, 1998).

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Rethinking Media Change

The Aesthetics of Transition

David Thorburn (Massachusetts Institute of Technology), Henry Jenkins (Professor, University of Southern California), David Thorburn (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) , Edward Barrett (Senior Lecturer in Writing; Director, Undergraduate Studies, Comparative Media Studies, MIT)

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