Technology, Media Literacy, and the Human Subject : A Posthuman Approach

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Title

Technology, Media Literacy, and the Human Subject : A Posthuman Approach

Subject

Media

Description

"What does it mean to be media literate in today’s world? How are we transformed by the many media infrastructures around us? We are immersed in a world mediated by information and communication technologies (ICTs). From hardware like smartphones, smartwatches, and home assistants to software like Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and Snapchat, our lives have become a complex, interconnected network of relations. Scholarship on media literacy has tended to focus on developing the skills to access, analyze, evaluate, and create media messages without considering or weighing the impact of the technological medium—how it enables and constrains both messages and media users. Additionally, there is often little attention paid to the broader context of interrelations which affect our engagement with media technologies. This book addresses these issues by providing a transdisciplinary method that allows for both practical and theoretical analyses of media investigations. Informed by postphenomenology, media ecology, philosophical posthumanism, and complexity theory the author proposes both a framework and a pragmatic instrument for understanding the multiplicity of relations that all contribute to how we affect—and are affected by—our relations with media technology. The author argues persuasively that the increased awareness provided by this posthuman approach affords us a greater chance for reclaiming some of our agency and provides a sound foundation upon which we can then judge our media relations. This book will be an indispensable tool for educators in media literacy and media studies, as well as academics in philosophy of technology, media and communication studies, and the post-humanities."

Creator

Lewis, Richard S.

Source

https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/70712

Publisher

Open Book Publishers

Date

2021

Contributor

Dewi Puspitasari

Rights

https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Relation

Abidin, C. 2016. ‘“Aren’t These Just Young, Rich Women Doing Vain Things Online?” Influencer Selfies as Subversive Frivolity’, Social Media + Society, 2(2), https://doi.org/10.1177/2056305116641342

Format

Pdf

Language

English

Type

Textbooks

Identifier

DOI
10.11647/OBP.0253
ISBN
9781800641822, 9781800641839, 9781800641853, 9781800641860, 9781800641877

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