Description
Provides new perspectives on?the increasingly complex relationships?between media forms and formats,?materiality, and meaning. Drawing on a?range of qualitative methodologies, our?consideration of the materiality of media?is structured around three overarching?concepts: form - the physical qualities of?objects and the meanings which extend?from them; format - objects considered in?relation to the protocols which govern?their use, and the meanings and practices?which stem from them; and ephemeral?meaning - the ways in which media?artefacts are captured, transformed, and?redefined through changing social,?cultural, and technological values. Each section includes empirical chapters?which provide expansive discussions of?perspectives on media and materiality.?It considers a range of media artefacts?such as 8mm film, board games maps,?videogames, cassette tapes, transistor?radios and Twitter, amongst others. These?are punctuated with a number of short?takes - less formal, often personal takes?exploring the meanings of media in?context. We seek to consider the materialities?which emerge across the broad and?variegated range of the term's use, and to?create spaces for conversation and?debate about the implications that this?plurality of material meanings might have?for the study of study of media, culture,?and society.
Binding: Hardback
Binding: Hardback