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From film to television : early theories of television in Japan / Aaron Gerow -- Architecture as atmospheric media : Tange Lab and cybernetics / Yuriko Furuhata -- The media theory and media strategy of Azuma Hiroki, 1997-2003 / Takeshi Kadobayashi -- The intercommunication project : theorizing media in Japan's lost decades / Marilyn Ivy -- McLuhan as prescription drug : actionable theory and advertising industries / Marc Steinberg -- The culture industries and media theory in Japan / Miryam Sas -- Girlscape : the marketing of mediatic ambience in Japan / Tomiko Yoda -- 1980s "Nyū Aca" : (non)media theory as romantic performance / Alexander Zahlten -- Critical media imagination : Nancy Seki's TV criticism and the media space of the 1980s and 1990s / Ryoko Misono -- At the source (code) : obscenity and modularity in Rokudenashiko's media -- Activism / Anne McKnight -- An assault on "meaning" : on Nakai Masakazu's concept of "mediation" / Akihiro Kitada -- Much Ado about "Nothing" : The Kyōto school as "media philosophy" / Fabian Schäfer -- Kobayashi Hideo and the question of media / Keisuke Kitano -- Media, mediation, and crisis : a history, and the case for media studies as (postcultural) anthropology / Tom Looser

Across the academy, scholars are debating the question of what bearing scientific inquiry has upon the humanities. The latest addition to the AFI Film Readers series, Cognitive Media Theory takes up this question in the context of film and media studies. This collection of essays by internationally recognized researchers in film and media studies, psychology, and philosophy offers film and media scholars and advanced students an introduction to contemporary cognitive media theory-an approach to the study of diverse media forms and content that draws upon both the methods and explanations of th

Introducing a largely neglected area of existing interactions between Greco-Roman antiquity and media theory, this book addresses the question of why interactions in this area matter, and how they might be developed further. The volume seeks to promote more media attentiveness among scholars of Greece and Rome. It also aims to create more awareness of the presence of the classics in media theory. It foregrounds the persistency of Greco-Roman paradigms across the different strands of media theory. And it calls for a closer consideration of the conceptual underpinnings of scholarly practices around the transformation of ancient Greece and Rome into 'classical' cultures.

One of the most prolific and respected scholars today, Manuel Castells has given us a new language for understanding the impact of information and communication technologies on social life.Politicians can no longer run for office without a digital media strategy, new communication technologies are a fundamental infrastructure for the economy, and the internet has become an invaluable tool for cultural production and consumption. Yet as more of our political, economic, and cultural interaction occurs over digital media, the ability to create and manipulate both content and networks

From an established author with a growing international profile in media studies, Media/Theory is an accessible yet challenging guide to ways of thinking about media and communications in modern life.Shaun Moores draws on ideas from a range of disciplines in the humanities and social sciences, and expertly connects the analysis of media and communications with key themes in contemporary social theory.Examining core issues of time and space, Moores also examines matters of interactions, signification and identity, and argues that media studies is bound up in the wider processes of the modern wo

"Fusing the academic with the applied, this book provides a comprehensive introduction to social media for future communications professionals. While most social media texts approach the subject through either a theoretical, scholarly lens or a professional, practical lens, this text offers a much-needed linkage of theory to the practical tactics employed by social media communicators. Concise and conversational chapters break down the basics of both social media theory and practice and are complimented by sidebars written by scholars and industry professionals, chapter summaries, and end-of-chapter exercises. This book is ideal for introductory social media courses in communication, public relations, and mass communication departments as well as courses in digital media and public relations. Online resources include social media writing templates, sample posts, and content calendar templates. Please visit www.routledge.com/9781032185873"--

Making, media, and theory -- Workshop : conductive play dough -- In defence of uselessness -- Workshop : useless box -- Writing with a soldering iron : on the art of making attention -- Workshop : smartphone basket -- Digital rituals, wearables and non-users -- Workshop : resistor case -- Epilogue: Dirty media.