Media Transatlantic: Developments in Media and Communication Studies between North American and German-speaking Europe
This book reflects recent scholarly and theoretical developments in media studies, or Medienwissenschaft. It focuses on linkages between North America and German-speaking Europe, and brings together and contextualizes contributions from a range of leading scholars. In addition to introducing English-language readers to some of the most prominent contemporary German media theorists and philosophers, including Claus Pias, Sybille Krämer and Rainer Leschke, the book shows how foundational North American contributions are themselves inspired and informed by continental sources. This book takes Harold Innis or Marshall McLuhan (and other members of the "Toronto School") as central points of reference, and traces prospective and retrospective lines of influence in a cultural geography that is increasingly global in its scope. In so doing, the book also represents a new episode in the international reception and reinterpretation of the work of Innis and McLuhan, the two founders of the theory and study of media
eBook, English, 2016
Springer International Publishing Imprint : Springer, Cham, 2016
Libros electrónicos
1 recurso en línea 1 online resource (VIII, 213 p. 2 illustrations, 1 illustration in color.)
9783319284897, 3319284894
979859527
Introduction: The Geopolitics of Media Studies; Richard Cavell and Norm Friesen
Part I. Theory and Nationality of Media
What's German about German Media Theory?; Claus Pia
Disciplining Media Studies: An Expanding Field and Its (Self- ) Definition; Jens Schröter
Part II. McLuhan Transatlantic
Anonymous Historiography: A Metaphorology of the Constellation in Benjamin, Giedion and McLuhan; Norm Friesen
Giedion and Explorations: Confluences of Space and Media in Toronto School Theorization; Michael Darroch
Part III. Greek Recursions
Innis and Kittler: the Case of the Greek Alphabet; Till Heilmann
Chapter 6. Between Orality and Literacy: Plato's Hybrid Medium; Twyla Gibson
Part IV. Materiality and Ontology
Innis in the Concertgebouw: Media and Musical Culture in Nineteenth-Century in Amsterdam; Darryl Cressman
Meta/ Dia: Two Approaches to the Medial: Dieter Mersch
Part V. New Directions
McLuhan and Medienwissenschaften: Sense and Sensation; Rainer Leschke
The Messenger as a Model in Media Theory: Reflections on the Philosophical Dimensions of Theorizing Media; Sybille Krämer