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Images on the Move: Materiality - Networks - Formats
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Abstract
In contemporary society, digital images have become increasingly mobile. They are networked, shared on social media, and circulated across small and portable screens. Accordingly, the discourses of spreadability and circulation have come to supersede the focus on production, indexicality, and manipu... view more
In contemporary society, digital images have become increasingly mobile. They are networked, shared on social media, and circulated across small and portable screens. Accordingly, the discourses of spreadability and circulation have come to supersede the focus on production, indexicality, and manipulability, which had dominated early conceptions of digital photography and film. However, the mobility of images is neither technologically nor conceptually limited to the realm of the digital. The edited volume re-examines the historical, aesthetical, and theoretical relevance of image mobility. The contributors provide a materialist account of images on the move - ranging from wired photography to postcards to streaming media.... view less
Keywords
photography; picture; history of media; audiovisual media; digital media
Classification
Basic Research, General Concepts and History of the Science of Communication
Free Keywords
Media; Images; Mobility; Circulation; Networks; Analogue Media; Visual Studies; Media Studies
Document language
English
Publication Year
2021
Publisher
transcript Verlag
City
Bielefeld
Page/Pages
286 p.
Series
Edition Medienwissenschaft, 76
DOI
https://doi.org/10.14361/9783839452462
ISSN
2702-8984
ISBN
978-3-8394-5246-2
Status
Published Version; reviewed
Licence
Creative Commons - Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0