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A Cultural Politics Book Ser.: Finite Media : Environmental Implications of Digital Technologies by Sean Cubitt (2017, Trade Paperback)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherDuke University Press
ISBN-100822362929
ISBN-139780822362920
eBay Product ID (ePID)219902569
Product Key Features
Number of Pages256 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameFinite Media : Environmental Implications of Digital Technologies
Publication Year2017
SubjectEnvironmental Conservation & Protection, Media Studies, Digital Media / General
TypeTextbook
AuthorSean Cubitt
Subject AreaNature, Computers, Social Science
SeriesA Cultural Politics Book Ser.
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.6 in
Item Weight12.8 Oz
Item Length9 in
Item Width6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
LCCN2016-028022
ReviewsSean Cubitt has accomplished an astonishing feat of synthesis, reading across fields as varied as waste management, fiber-optic cable installation, semiocapitalism, and net neutrality. His wide-ranging and remarkable project extends beyond the reach of infrastructure media studies to show how global capitalism is remaking the planet in its own image. An innovative and dynamic book., Sean Cubitt's Finite Media is so much more than the title suggests: it is a meticulously researched and thoughtful intervention into the linkages between digital media and environmental degradation., "This insightful book is replete with illuminating examples and case studies, with subtle arguments that will likely prove prescient in years to come." -- Niall Flynn LSE Review of Books "Filled with cases of environment changes of contemporary age, Cubitt approaches the topic with journalistic clarity and deep comparative activist source-data, uncovering various types of criminal activities that he grounds with many background theories. . . . Similar to previous books, Finite Media is a rather short (and concentrated) reading, with an even lighter style that makes reading a very pleasurable experience." -- Ana Peraica Leonardo Reviews "Sean Cubitt's Finite Media is so much more than the title suggests: it is a meticulously researched and thoughtful intervention into the linkages between digital media and environmental degradation." -- Sandra Robinson Theory, Culture & Society, Filled with cases of environment changes of contemporary age, Cubitt approaches the topic with journalistic clarity and deep comparative activist source-data, uncovering various types of criminal activities that he grounds with many background theories. . . . Similar to previous books, Finite Media is a rather short (and concentrated) reading, with an even lighter style that makes reading a very pleasurable experience., Sean Cubitt has accomplished an astonishing feat of synthesis, reading across fields as varied as waste management, fiber optic cable installation, semiocapitalism, and net neutrality. His wide-ranging and remarkable project extends beyond the reach of infrastructure media studies to show how global capitalism is remaking the planet in its own image. An innovative and dynamic book., This insightful book is replete with illuminating examples and case studies, with subtle arguments that will likely prove prescient in years to come., Sean Cubitt offers the first theoretical analysis of how ecology in its original sense (and its related concerns for climate change and the environment) can not only inform media studies, but change what media we create and how we create it. Unique in its broad philosophical and social science perspective and full of fresh, original, and timely insights, Finite Media will find eager audiences in media studies, science and technology studies, and related fields., Sean Cubitt has accomplished an astonishing feat of synthesis, reading across fields as varied as waste management, fiber optic cable installation, semio-capitalism, and net neutrality. His wide ranging and remarkable project extends beyond the reach of infrastructure media studies to show how global capitalism is remaking the planet in its own image. An innovative and dynamic book.
IllustratedYes
Table Of ContentAcknowledgments vii Introduction. Eco-mediation 1 1. Energy 13 2. Matter 63 3. Eco-political Aesthetics 151 4. Ecological Communication as Politics 169 Coda on Saturn 193 References 201 Index 237
SynopsisWhile digital media give us the ability to communicate with and know the world, their use comes at the expense of an immense ecological footprint and environmental degradation. In Finite Media Sean Cubitt offers a large-scale rethinking of theories of mediation by examining the environmental and human toll exacted by mining and the manufacture, use, and disposal of millions of phones, computers, and other devices. The way out is through an eco-political media aesthetics, in which people use media to shift their relationship to the environment and where public goods and spaces are available to all. Cubitt demonstrates this through case studies ranging from the 1906 film The Story of the Kelly Gang to an image of Saturn taken during NASA's Cassini-Huygens mission, suggesting that affective responses to images may generate a populist environmental politics that demands better ways of living and being. Only by reorienting our use of media, Cubitt contends, can we overcome the failures of political elites and the ravages of capital., Sean Cubitt offers a large scale rethinking of theories of mediation by describing the ecological footprint of media. He investigates the energy, material, and space needed to create, operate, and dispose of electronic devices, and shows how changing how we use media is the only solution to planetary devastation.
LC Classification NumberHM851
