ISBN:
9780814770153
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource
,
19 black and white illustrations
Series Statement:
Critical Cultural Communication 31
DDC:
302.23
Keywords:
Electronic books
Abstract:
New technologies, whether text message or telegraph,inevitably raise questions about emotion. New forms of communication bring withthem both fear and hope, on one hand allowing us deeper emotional connectionsand the ability to forge global communities, while on the other promptinganxieties about isolation and over-stimulation. FeelingMediated investigates the larger context of such concerns, considering bothhow media technologies intersect with our emotional lives and how our ideasabout these intersections influence how we think about and experience emotionand technology themselves.Drawing on extensive archival research, Brenton J. Malin exploresthe historical roots of much of our recent understanding of mediated feelings,showing how earlier ideas about the telegraph, phonograph, radio, motionpictures, and other once-new technologies continue to inform our contemporarythinking. With insightful analysis, FeelingMediated explores a series of fascinating arguments about technology andemotion that became especially heated during the early 20th century. These debates, which carried forward andtransformed earlier discussions of technology and emotion, culminated in a setof ideas that became institutionalized in the structures of American mediaproduction, advertising, social research, and policy, leaving a lasting impact onour everyday lives.
Note:
Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jun 2020)
DOI:
10.18574/nyu/9780814762790.001.0001
URL:
https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780814770153
URL:
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