On Black Media Philosophy

Author : Armond R. Towns
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2022-03
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0520355792

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On Black Media Philosophy by Armond R. Towns Pdf

Who is the human in media philosophy? Although media philosophers have argued since the twentieth century that media are fundamental to being human, this question has not been explicitly asked and answered in the field. Armond R. Towns demonstrates that humanity in media philosophy has implicitly referred to a social Darwinian understanding of the human as a Western, white, male, capitalist figure. Building on concepts from Black studies and cultural studies, Towns develops an insightful critique of this dominant conception of the human in media philosophy and introduces a foundation for Black media philosophy. Delving into the narratives of the Underground Railroad, the politics of the Black Panther Party, and the digitization of Michael Brown's killing, On Black Media Philosophy deftly illustrates that media are not only important for Western Humanity but central to alternative Black epistemologies and other ways of being human.

Author : Armond R. Towns
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2022-03
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780520355798

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On Black Media Philosophy by Armond R. Towns Pdf

Introduction: the medium is the message, revisited: media and Black epistemologies -- Technological darwinism -- Black escapism on the underground (Black) anthropocene -- Toward a theory of intercommunal media -- Black "matter" lives: Michael Brown and digital afterlives -- Conclusion: the reparations of the earth.

Author : Mark B. N. Hansen,Mark Boris Nicola Hansen
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 380 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Art
ISBN : 0262083213

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New Philosophy for New Media by Mark B. N. Hansen,Mark Boris Nicola Hansen Pdf

A philosophy of new media that defines the digitalimage as the process by which the body filters information tocreate images.

Author : Mark C. Taylor,Esa Saarinen
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 0415103371

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Imagologies by Mark C. Taylor,Esa Saarinen Pdf

The authors propose a new philosophy of communication which reflects the media and technology of the "electronic age."

Author : Robert Hassan,Thomas Sutherland
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 254 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2016-09-19
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781315515601

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Philosophy of Media by Robert Hassan,Thomas Sutherland Pdf

Since the late-1980s the rise of the Internet and the emergence of the Networked Society have led to a rapid and profound transformation of everyday life. Underpinning this revolution is the computer – a media technology that is capable of not only transforming itself, but almost every other machine and media process that humans have used throughout history. In Philosophy of Media, Hassan and Sutherland explore the philosophical and technological trajectory of media from Classical Greece until today, casting a new and revealing light upon the global media condition. Key topics include: the mediation of politics the question of objectivity automata and the metaphor of the machine analogue and digital technological determinism. Laid out in a clear and engaging format, Philosophy of Media provides an accessible and comprehensive exploration of the origins of the network society. It is essential reading for students of philosophy, media theory, politics, history and communication studies.

Author : Alberto Romele,Enrico Terrone
Publisher : Springer
Page : 278 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2018-05-17
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9783319757599

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Towards a Philosophy of Digital Media by Alberto Romele,Enrico Terrone Pdf

This book uses the conceptual tools of philosophy to shed light on digital media and on the way in which they bear upon our existence. At the turn of the century, the rise of digital media significantly changed our world. The digitizing of traditional media has extraordinarily increased the circulation of texts, sound, and images. Digital media have also widened our horizons and altered our relationship with others and with ourselves. Information production and communication are still undoubtedly significant aspects of digital media and life. Recently, however, recording, registration and keeping track have taken the upper hand in both online practices and the imaginaries related to them. The essays in this book therefore focus primarily on the idea that digital media involve a significant overlapping between communication and recording.

Author : Allison Page
Publisher : U of Minnesota Press
Page : 211 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2022-03-08
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781452964911

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Media and the Affective Life of Slavery by Allison Page Pdf

How media shapes our actions and feelings about race Amid fervent conversations about antiracism and police violence, Media and the Affective Life of Slavery delivers vital new ideas about how our feelings about race are governed and normalized by our media landscape. Allison Page examines U.S. media from the 1960s to today, analyzing how media culture instructs viewers to act and feel in accordance with new racial norms created for an era supposedly defined by an end to legal racism. From the classic television miniseries Roots to the edutainment video game Mission 2: Flight to Freedom and the popular website slaveryfootprint.org, Media and the Affective Life of Slavery provides an in-depth look at the capitalist and cultural artifacts that teach the U.S. public about slavery. Page theorizes media not only as a system of representation but also as a technology of citizenship and subjectivity, wherein race is seen as a problem to be solved. Ultimately, she argues that visual culture works through emotion, a powerful lever for shaping and managing racialized subjectivity. Media and the Affective Life of Slavery delivers compelling, provocative material and includes a wealth of archival research into such realms as news, entertainment, television, curricula, video games, and digital apps, providing new and innovative scholarship where none currently exists.

Author : Max Black
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2014-06-03
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781317853466

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Philosophy in America by Max Black Pdf

This is Volume V of twenty-two of a collection on 20th Century Philosophy. Originally published in 1964, this collection contains original papers assembled and representative in their styles, methods, and preoccupations. The various problems here discussed where to the author both important and unsolved: if others are stimulated to make further progress in solving them, the main purpose of this collection will have been achieved.

Author : John Durham Peters
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 419 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2016-08-15
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780226421353

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The Marvelous Clouds by John Durham Peters Pdf

Peters defines media expansively as elements that compose the human world. Drawing from ideas implicit in media philosophy, Peters argues that media are more than carriers of messages: they are the very infrastructures combining nature and culture that allow human life to thrive. Through an encyclopedic array of examples from the oceans to the skies,The Marvelous Clouds reveals the long prehistory of so-called new media. Digital media, Peters argues, are an extension of early practices tied to the establishment of civilization such as mastering fire, building calendars, reading the stars, creating language, and establishing religions. New media do not take us into uncharted waters, but rather confront us with the deepest and oldest questions of society and ecology: how to manage the relations people have with themselves, others, and the natural world.

Author : David Kyle Johnson
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 403 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2019-11-26
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781119578260

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Black Mirror and Philosophy by David Kyle Johnson Pdf

A philosophical look at the twisted, high-tech near-future of the sci-fi anthology series Black Mirror, offering a glimpse of the darkest reflections of the human condition in digital technology Black Mirror―the Emmy-winning Netflix series that holds up a dark, digital mirror of speculative technologies to modern society—shows us a high-tech world where it is all too easy to fall victim to ever-evolving forms of social control.In Black Mirror and Philosophy, original essays written by a diverse group of scholars invite you to peer into the void and explore the philosophical, ethical, and existential dimensions of Charlie Brooker’s sinister stories. The collection reflects Black Mirror’s anthology structure by pairing a chapter with every episode in the show’s five seasons—including an interactive, choose-your-own-adventure analysis of Bandersnatch—and concludes with general essays that explore the series’ broader themes. Chapters address questions about artificial intelligence, virtual reality, surveillance, privacy, love, death, criminal behavior, and politics, including: Have we given social media too much power over our lives? Could heaven really, one day, be a place on Earth? Should criminal justice and punishment be crowdsourced? What rights should a “cookie” have? Immersive, engaging, and experimental, Black Mirror and Philosophy navigates the intellectual landscape of Brooker’s morality plays for the modern world, where humanity’s greatest innovations and darkest instincts collide.

Author : Dennis L. Wilcox
Publisher : New York : Praeger
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 1975
Category : Mass media
ISBN : UOM:39015046436286

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Mass Media in Black Africa by Dennis L. Wilcox Pdf

Author : Maria del Guadalupe Davidson,Kathryn T. Gines,Donna-Dale L. Marcano
Publisher : SUNY Press
Page : 282 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2010-10-01
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781438432670

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Convergences by Maria del Guadalupe Davidson,Kathryn T. Gines,Donna-Dale L. Marcano Pdf

Black Feminism and Continental Philosophy in dialogue.

Author : Mark Christian Thompson
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2022-01-21
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780226816432

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Phenomenal Blackness by Mark Christian Thompson Pdf

This unorthodox account of 1960s Black thought rigorously details the field’s debts to German critical theory and explores a forgotten tradition of Black singularity. Phenomenal Blackness examines the changing interdisciplinary investments of key mid-century Black writers and thinkers, including the growing interest in German philosophy and critical theory. Mark Christian Thompson analyzes this shift in intellectual focus across the post-war decades, placing Black Power thought in a philosophical context. Prior to the 1960s, sociologically oriented thinkers such as W. E. B. Du Bois had understood Blackness as a singular set of socio-historical characteristics. In contrast, writers such as Amiri Baraka, James Baldwin, Angela Y. Davis, Eldridge Cleaver, and Malcolm X were drawn to notions of an African essence, an ontology of Black being. With these perspectives, literary language came to be seen as the primary social expression of Blackness. For this new way of thinking, the works of philosophers such as Adorno, Habermas, and Marcuse were a vital resource, allowing for continued cultural-materialist analysis while accommodating the hermeneutical aspects of Black religious thought. Thompson argues that these efforts to reimagine Black singularity led to a phenomenological understanding of Blackness—a “Black aesthetic dimension” wherein aspirational models for Black liberation might emerge.

Author : Dennis L. Wilcox
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 170 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 1975
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:801930669

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Mass Media in Black Africa by Dennis L. Wilcox Pdf

Author : Guy Debord
Publisher : Bread and Circuses Publishing
Page : 164 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2012-10-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781617508301

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Society Of The Spectacle by Guy Debord Pdf

The Das Kapital of the 20th century,Society of the Spectacle is an essential text, and the main theoretical work of the Situationists. Few works of political and cultural theory have been as enduringly provocative. From its publication amid the social upheavals of the 1960's, in particular the May 1968 uprisings in France, up to the present day, with global capitalism seemingly staggering around in it’s Zombie end-phase, the volatile theses of this book have decisively transformed debates on the shape of modernity, capitalism, and everyday life in the late 20th century. This ‘Red and Black’ translation from 1977 is Introduced by Notting Hill armchair insurrectionary Tom Vague with a galloping time line and pop-situ verve, and given a more analytical over view by young upstart thinker Sam Cooper.