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Digital Media: Human-Technology Connection (Postphenomenology and the Philosophy of Technology)

Digital Media: Human-Technology Connection (Postphenomenology and the Philosophy of Technology)

by Don Ihde (Foreword), Don Ihde (Foreword), Stacey O'Neal Irwin (Author)

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Synopsis

Digital Media: Human-Technology Connection examines the technologically textured world through case studies that illustrate the way humans and technology connect with each other and the world. An interdisciplinary array of sources from philosophy, postphenomenology, philosophy of technology, media studies, media ecology, and film studies shows that digital media and its content are not neutral. This technology textures the world in multiple and varied ways that transform human abilities, augment experience, and pattern the world.

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 208
 Edition: Reprint
 Publisher: Lexington Books
Published: 15 Nov 2017
ISBN 10: 1498537103
ISBN 13: 9781498537100

Media Reviews
This small volume has an immodest aim-to analyze 'how digital media change our day-to-day lifeworld experience.' This analysis consists primarily of two components. First is a description of 'postphenomenology,' which is described as phenomenology leavened with pragmatism and close attention to the experiences of using specific technologies. The second is a series of 'cases,' which include descriptions of the use of screens, earbuds, portable music players, digitally altered ('photoshopped') images, aggregate news services, and athletic performance monitoring. Straightforward descriptions of these familiar digital media experiences are juxtaposed with metaphors (e.g., the 'siren's song of today'), oracular statements by phenomenologists, and, most especially, open-ended questions ('Is the technological weave in our contemporary world a heavy covering?' or 'If I cannot hear lifeworld sounds, am I less of a citizen?'). Readers should not expect definitive answers to such questions but instead are encouraged to be mindful of how casual, but pervasive, use of digital media can alter basic experiences and thus who people are. Summing Up: Recommended. Graduate students and professionals. * CHOICE *
Author Bio
Stacey O. Irwin is associate professor in the Department of Communication and Theatre at Millersville University of Pennsylvania.