This collection of essays highlights innovative work in the emerging field of media archaeology. It explores the relationship between theory and practice and the relationship between media archaeology
This book is an original take on the history of communication theory and the cultural imaginary of communication understood through the notions of holy and the primitive. It offers an insight to the s
The radical youth movements of the 1960s and ’70s gave rise to both militant political groups—ranging from urban guerrilla groups to autonomist counterculture—and radical media, incl
American folk music has long presented a problematic conception of authenticity, but the reality of the folk scene, and its relationship to media, is far more complicated. This book draws on the field
We live in an age of lists, from magazine features to online clickbait. This book situates the list in a long tradition, asking key questions about the list as a cultural and communicative form. What,
Sociology has long had approaches to describing the ways in which social memory is enacted through ritual, language, art, architecture, and institutions—phenomena whose persistence over time and capac
While current scholarly interest has assured Marshall McLuhan’s (1911–80) foundational status as a media theorist, much room still exists for further exploration of his writings, which have taken on a
Medium, Messenger, Transmission uses the figure of the messenger as a key metaphor for the function of all transmission media. Kramer explains this argument by examining a diverse range of transmissio
Our studies of aesthetics and knowledge have long tended to privilege the visual—at the expense, Wolfgang Ernst argues, of the aural.Sonic Time Machines aims to correct that, presenting a striking new
Medium, Messenger, Transmission uses the figure of the messenger as a key metaphor for the function of all transmission media. Kramer explains this argument by examining a diverse range of transmissio
