Making Media Futures: Machine Visions and Technological Imaginations (1) (Routledge Studies in New Media and Cyberculture)

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Synopsis
Making Media Futures offers a multi-perspectival exploration of how imaginaries and knowledge of the future are constructed in and through various media.The volume addresses the discursive dimensions of imaginaries and future visions as well as the impact of technological, material, and cultural conditions on the propagation of future discourses through media. Providing both theoretically detailed and empirically rich investigations, the contributions offer a wide range of cases spanning the century from the end of World War II until today and looking at examples from the Southern Hemisphere as well as the Global North. Bringing together scholars in media studies, science and technology studies (STS), and the history and philosophy of technology, the chapters discuss future visions and imaginations of quantum computing, the uncertainty and impact of AI-based text-to-image generation, the ideology behind 5G telecommunication standards, imaginaries of the Internet of Things, transmedia strategies in global and local climate protests, how broadcast radio was implicated in the evangelical mission imaginary, and how early visions of automating scholarly information management shaped standards and ideals of academia. The volume thus complements existing approaches and analytical frameworks for the study of imaginaries and futures discourses with perspectives that are sensitive to the plurality of media-specific conditions and technologies.The book will interest students and scholars working in media studies, STS, history and philosophy as well as at the intersection of engineering, humanities and social sciences, on matters such as sustainability, ethics, and responsible innovation.
Copyright:
2025

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Book Quality:
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Book Size:
194 Pages
ISBN-13:
9781040351345
Related ISBNs:
9781032741574, 9781040351291, 9781003467915
Publisher:
Taylor & Francis
Date of Addition:
Copyrighted By:
selection and editorial matter, Phillip H. Roth, Ana María Guzmán Olmos, Alin Olteanu and Stefan Böschen
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
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No
Categories:
Nonfiction, Social Studies
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Edited by:
Phillip H. Roth
Edited by:
Ana María Olmos
Edited by:
Alin Olteanu
Edited by:
Stefan Böschen

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