Technology, Media Literacy, and the Human Subject : A Posthuman Approach.
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 li...
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| Language: | English |
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Cambridge, UK :
Open Book Publishers,
2021.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
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Table of Contents:
- Intro
- Acknowledgements
- 1. Introduction: Problematizing our Relations with Media Technologies
- Situating the Research
- Media Literacy
- The Non-neutrality of Technological Relations
- Which Human Subject?
- Situating Media Literacy with Intrasubjective Mediation
- Research Significance and Design
- The Layout of the Chapters
- Concluding Thoughts
- Part I: Situating the Interdisciplinary Concepts
- 2. Situating Media Literacy
- Communication Beyond the Transmission Model
- Media Literacy Overview
- Expanding Media Literacy
- Concluding Thoughts
- 3. Understanding the Medium Through the Technological Relation
- In Medias Res
- Postphenomenology and the Technological Relation
- Media Ecology
- Concluding Thoughts
- 4. The Posthuman: Situating the Subject in Human-Tech Relations
- Humanists and Transhumanists Debating Enhancement
- The Posthuman Subject
- Complexity: The Key to Understanding Human Becomings
- Part II: Developing a Posthuman Approach: A Framework and Instrument
- 5. Developing the Intrasubjective Mediating Framework
- Situating the Intrasubjective Mediating Framework
- Intrasubjective Mediation
- The Intrasubjective Mediating Framework
- Intrasubjective Mediation: A Dance of Complexity
- Concluding Thoughts
- 6. Developing an Instrument to Leverage the Framework
- Creating the Instrument
- Identifying the Multiplicity of Relations
- Generalizing the Framework and Instrument for Media Literacy
- Concluding Thoughts
- 7. Conclusion
- Summary of Main Findings
- Strengths and Weaknesses of the Study
- Recommendations
- Final Thoughts
- References
- List of Tables and Illustrations
- Index.