Technology, Media Literacy, and the Human Subject

"What does it mean to be media literate in today’s world? How are we transformed by the many media infrastructures around us? We are immersed in a world mediated by information and communication technologies (ICTs). From hardware like smartphones, smartwatches, and home assistants to software like F...

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Päätekijä: Lewis, Richard S.
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Julkaistu: Open Book Publishers 2021
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description "What does it mean to be media literate in today’s world? How are we transformed by the many media infrastructures around us? We are immersed in a world mediated by information and communication technologies (ICTs). From hardware like smartphones, smartwatches, and home assistants to software like Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and Snapchat, our lives have become a complex, interconnected network of relations. Scholarship on media literacy has tended to focus on developing the skills to access, analyze, evaluate, and create media messages without considering or weighing the impact of the technological medium—how it enables and constrains both messages and media users. Additionally, there is often little attention paid to the broader context of interrelations which affect our engagement with media technologies. This book addresses these issues by providing a transdisciplinary method that allows for both practical and theoretical analyses of media investigations. Informed by postphenomenology, media ecology, philosophical posthumanism, and complexity theory the author proposes both a framework and a pragmatic instrument for understanding the multiplicity of relations that all contribute to how we affect—and are affected by—our relations with media technology. The author argues persuasively that the increased awareness provided by this posthuman approach affords us a greater chance for reclaiming some of our agency and provides a sound foundation upon which we can then judge our media relations. This book will be an indispensable tool for educators in media literacy and media studies, as well as academics in philosophy of technology, media and communication studies, and the post-humanities."
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spelling doab-20.500.12854ir-707122025-08-13T14:12:03Z Technology, Media Literacy, and the Human Subject Lewis, Richard S. complexity theory; information and communication technologies (ICTs); media ecology; media infrastructures; media investigations; media literate; philosophical posthumanism; postphenomenology; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JN Education::JNV Educational equipment and technology, computer-aided learning (CAL) thema EDItEUR::U Computing and Information Technology::UB Information technology: general topics::UBW Internet: general works thema EDItEUR::U Computing and Information Technology thema EDItEUR::G Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects::GT Interdisciplinary studies::GTC Communication studies thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBC Cultural and media studies::JBCT Media studies thema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QD Philosophy thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JN Education::JNV Educational equipment and technology, computer-aided learning (CAL) thema EDItEUR::U Computing and Information Technology::UB Information technology: general topics::UBW Internet: general works thema EDItEUR::U Computing and Information Technology thema EDItEUR::G Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects::GT Interdisciplinary studies::GTC Communication studies thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBC Cultural and media studies::JBCT Media studies thema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QD Philosophy "What does it mean to be media literate in today’s world? How are we transformed by the many media infrastructures around us? We are immersed in a world mediated by information and communication technologies (ICTs). From hardware like smartphones, smartwatches, and home assistants to software like Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and Snapchat, our lives have become a complex, interconnected network of relations. Scholarship on media literacy has tended to focus on developing the skills to access, analyze, evaluate, and create media messages without considering or weighing the impact of the technological medium—how it enables and constrains both messages and media users. Additionally, there is often little attention paid to the broader context of interrelations which affect our engagement with media technologies. This book addresses these issues by providing a transdisciplinary method that allows for both practical and theoretical analyses of media investigations. Informed by postphenomenology, media ecology, philosophical posthumanism, and complexity theory the author proposes both a framework and a pragmatic instrument for understanding the multiplicity of relations that all contribute to how we affect—and are affected by—our relations with media technology. The author argues persuasively that the increased awareness provided by this posthuman approach affords us a greater chance for reclaiming some of our agency and provides a sound foundation upon which we can then judge our media relations. This book will be an indispensable tool for educators in media literacy and media studies, as well as academics in philosophy of technology, media and communication studies, and the post-humanities." 2021-06-11T02:00:21Z 2021-06-11T02:00:21Z 2021-06-10T09:02:46Z 2021 book OCN: 1256260600 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/49437 9781800641822 9781800641839 9781800641853 9781800641860 9781800641877 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/70712 eng open access image/jpeg image/jpeg image/jpeg Attribution 4.0 International Attribution 4.0 International Attribution 4.0 International https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/49437/1/9781800641846.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/49437/1/9781800641846.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/49437/1/9781800641846.pdf Open Book Publishers 10.11647/OBP.0253 10.11647/OBP.0253 b014b543-78bd-4c3b-bc71-b68e2ac855b9 9781800641822 9781800641839 9781800641853 9781800641860 9781800641877 ScholarLed 264 open access
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Lewis, Richard S.
Technology, Media Literacy, and the Human Subject
title Technology, Media Literacy, and the Human Subject
title_full Technology, Media Literacy, and the Human Subject
title_fullStr Technology, Media Literacy, and the Human Subject
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title_short Technology, Media Literacy, and the Human Subject
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topic complexity theory; information and communication technologies (ICTs); media ecology; media infrastructures; media investigations; media literate; philosophical posthumanism; postphenomenology;
thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JN Education::JNV Educational equipment and technology, computer-aided learning (CAL)
thema EDItEUR::U Computing and Information Technology::UB Information technology: general topics::UBW Internet: general works
thema EDItEUR::U Computing and Information Technology
thema EDItEUR::G Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects::GT Interdisciplinary studies::GTC Communication studies
thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBC Cultural and media studies::JBCT Media studies
thema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QD Philosophy
thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JN Education::JNV Educational equipment and technology, computer-aided learning (CAL)
thema EDItEUR::U Computing and Information Technology::UB Information technology: general topics::UBW Internet: general works
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thema EDItEUR::G Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects::GT Interdisciplinary studies::GTC Communication studies
thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBC Cultural and media studies::JBCT Media studies
thema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QD Philosophy
topic_facet complexity theory; information and communication technologies (ICTs); media ecology; media infrastructures; media investigations; media literate; philosophical posthumanism; postphenomenology;
thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JN Education::JNV Educational equipment and technology, computer-aided learning (CAL)
thema EDItEUR::U Computing and Information Technology::UB Information technology: general topics::UBW Internet: general works
thema EDItEUR::U Computing and Information Technology
thema EDItEUR::G Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects::GT Interdisciplinary studies::GTC Communication studies
thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBC Cultural and media studies::JBCT Media studies
thema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QD Philosophy
thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JN Education::JNV Educational equipment and technology, computer-aided learning (CAL)
thema EDItEUR::U Computing and Information Technology::UB Information technology: general topics::UBW Internet: general works
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thema EDItEUR::G Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects::GT Interdisciplinary studies::GTC Communication studies
thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBC Cultural and media studies::JBCT Media studies
thema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QD Philosophy
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