#mediatheory — Public Fediverse posts

RE: https://zirk.us/@Doomscroll/116574682639203727

I’m thinking of starting a Mastodon book club and kicking it off with Guy Debord’s The Society of the Spectacle.

Modern life mediated by images, commodities, performance, and passive consumption?

Feels… relevant.

Let me know if you’d want in.

#BookClub #GuyDebord #SocietyOfTheSpectacle #MediaTheory #MastodonBooks

RE: https://zirk.us/@Doomscroll/116574682639203727

I’m thinking of starting a Mastodon book club and kicking it off with Guy Debord’s The Society of the Spectacle.

Modern life mediated by images, commodities, performance, and passive consumption?

Feels… relevant.

Let me know if you’d want in.

#BookClub #GuyDebord #SocietyOfTheSpectacle #MediaTheory #MastodonBooks

RE: https://zirk.us/@Doomscroll/116574682639203727

I’m thinking of starting a Mastodon book club and kicking it off with Guy Debord’s The Society of the Spectacle.

Modern life mediated by images, commodities, performance, and passive consumption?

Feels… relevant.

Let me know if you’d want in.

#BookClub #GuyDebord #SocietyOfTheSpectacle #MediaTheory #MastodonBooks

🌍 Does #reality exist only in the #brain🧠
— or are we already living in the #reality of #DeepFakes 👥?

If everything we see, hear, and perceive is first constructed in the brain—how certain can we really be about #reality anymore?

📎 https://philosophies.de/index.php/2021/12/05/wie-wirklich-ist-bewusstsein/

📺 https://youtu.be/0LG4gU_jfik

#BrainResearch #PhilosophyOfMind #Cognition #Epistemology #FilterBubble #EchoChamber #DeepFakes #MediaTheory #DigitalSociety #Algorithm #SocialMedia #Philosophy

🌍 Does #reality exist only in the #brain🧠
— or are we already living in the #reality of #DeepFakes 👥?

If everything we see, hear, and perceive is first constructed in the brain—how certain can we really be about #reality anymore?

📎 https://philosophies.de/index.php/2021/12/05/wie-wirklich-ist-bewusstsein/

📺 https://youtu.be/0LG4gU_jfik

#BrainResearch #PhilosophyOfMind #Cognition #Epistemology #FilterBubble #EchoChamber #DeepFakes #MediaTheory #DigitalSociety #Algorithm #SocialMedia #Philosophy

🌍 Does #reality exist only in the #brain🧠
— or are we already living in the #reality of #DeepFakes 👥?

If everything we see, hear, and perceive is first constructed in the brain—how certain can we really be about #reality anymore?

📎 https://philosophies.de/index.php/2021/12/05/wie-wirklich-ist-bewusstsein/

📺 https://youtu.be/0LG4gU_jfik

#BrainResearch #PhilosophyOfMind #Cognition #Epistemology #FilterBubble #EchoChamber #DeepFakes #MediaTheory #DigitalSociety #Algorithm #SocialMedia #Philosophy

🌍 Does #reality exist only in the #brain🧠
— or are we already living in the #reality of #DeepFakes 👥?

If everything we see, hear, and perceive is first constructed in the brain—how certain can we really be about #reality anymore?

📎 https://philosophies.de/index.php/2021/12/05/wie-wirklich-ist-bewusstsein/

📺 https://youtu.be/0LG4gU_jfik

#BrainResearch #PhilosophyOfMind #Cognition #Epistemology #FilterBubble #EchoChamber #DeepFakes #MediaTheory #DigitalSociety #Algorithm #SocialMedia #Philosophy

🌍 Does #reality exist only in the #brain🧠
— or are we already living in the #reality of #DeepFakes 👥?

If everything we see, hear, and perceive is first constructed in the brain—how certain can we really be about #reality anymore?

📎 https://philosophies.de/index.php/2021/12/05/wie-wirklich-ist-bewusstsein/

📺 https://youtu.be/0LG4gU_jfik

#BrainResearch #PhilosophyOfMind #Cognition #Epistemology #FilterBubble #EchoChamber #DeepFakes #MediaTheory #DigitalSociety #Algorithm #SocialMedia #Philosophy

Be honest: when was the last time you watched a TV show without looking at your phone?

We are living in the era of "Second-Screen Viewing," where the actual main event is just whatever app you are scrolling through. Streaming services are basically just expensive white noise generators now.

Here is a teardown of why the single-screen experience is dead:

https://vibeaxis.com/the-death-of-the-main-event-a-brutal-teardown-of-second-screen-viewing/

#MediaTheory #Psychology #Streaming #CultureCritique #Tech #DeepDive

Be honest: when was the last time you watched a TV show without looking at your phone?

We are living in the era of "Second-Screen Viewing," where the actual main event is just whatever app you are scrolling through. Streaming services are basically just expensive white noise generators now.

Here is a teardown of why the single-screen experience is dead:

https://vibeaxis.com/the-death-of-the-main-event-a-brutal-teardown-of-second-screen-viewing/

#MediaTheory #Psychology #Streaming #CultureCritique #Tech #DeepDive

Article: The attempt to rethink digital art through the lens of Nicolai Hartmann’s ontology is genuinely compelling.
An ambitious and thought provoking contribution to current debates on digital aesthetics, virtuality, and the ontology of digital art.
#digitalart #digitalaesthetics #mediaTheory #philosophyoftechnology #digitalarthistory #AIaesthetics
👉 https://doi.org/10.11588/dahj.2026.11.113265.

Article: The attempt to rethink digital art through the lens of Nicolai Hartmann’s ontology is genuinely compelling.
An ambitious and thought provoking contribution to current debates on digital aesthetics, virtuality, and the ontology of digital art.
#digitalart #digitalaesthetics #mediaTheory #philosophyoftechnology #digitalarthistory #AIaesthetics
👉 https://doi.org/10.11588/dahj.2026.11.113265.

Article: The attempt to rethink digital art through the lens of Nicolai Hartmann’s ontology is genuinely compelling.
An ambitious and thought provoking contribution to current debates on digital aesthetics, virtuality, and the ontology of digital art.
#digitalart #digitalaesthetics #mediaTheory #philosophyoftechnology #digitalarthistory #AIaesthetics
👉 https://doi.org/10.11588/dahj.2026.11.113265.

Article: The attempt to rethink digital art through the lens of Nicolai Hartmann’s ontology is genuinely compelling.
An ambitious and thought provoking contribution to current debates on digital aesthetics, virtuality, and the ontology of digital art.
#digitalart #digitalaesthetics #mediaTheory #philosophyoftechnology #digitalarthistory #AIaesthetics
👉 https://doi.org/10.11588/dahj.2026.11.113265.

Article: The attempt to rethink digital art through the lens of Nicolai Hartmann’s ontology is genuinely compelling.
An ambitious and thought provoking contribution to current debates on digital aesthetics, virtuality, and the ontology of digital art.
#digitalart #digitalaesthetics #mediaTheory #philosophyoftechnology #digitalarthistory #AIaesthetics
👉 https://doi.org/10.11588/dahj.2026.11.113265.

The Specter of the Ideal: Why the Kardashians and OnlyFans Models Share a Scrutiny

Psychotherapist MJ Corey says Kardashians and OnlyFans models are scrutinized similarly due to their narrative control and audience feedback loops. Learn why.

#Kardashians, #OnlyFans, #PublicScrutiny, #MediaTheory, #BeautyStandards

https://newsletter.tf/kardashians-onlyfans-models-scrutiny/

A psychotherapist notes that the intense public scrutiny on the Kardashians is similar to that faced by OnlyFans models. This is because both groups expertly manage their public image and respond to audience reactions.

#Kardashians, #OnlyFans, #PublicScrutiny, #MediaTheory, #BeautyStandards
https://newsletter.tf/kardashians-onlyfans-models-scrutiny/

The Prophet of the Digital Age: Marshall McLuhan

Long before the internet, Canadian philosopher Marshall McLuhan foresaw its impact. His groundbreaking theories on media, summarized in the phrases 'the medium is the message' and 'global village,' predicted how electronic communication would reshape human society. His work remains essential for understanding our hyper-connected modern world. #Canada #McLuhan #Philosophy #MediaTheory 🇨🇦

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marshall_McLuhan

The Prophet of the Digital Age: Marshall McLuhan

Long before the internet, Canadian philosopher Marshall McLuhan foresaw its impact. His groundbreaking theories on media, summarized in the phrases 'the medium is the message' and 'global village,' predicted how electronic communication would reshape human society. His work remains essential for understanding our hyper-connected modern world. #Canada #McLuhan #Philosophy #MediaTheory 🇨🇦

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marshall_McLuhan

The Prophet of the Digital Age: Marshall McLuhan

Long before the internet, Canadian philosopher Marshall McLuhan foresaw its impact. His groundbreaking theories on media, summarized in the phrases 'the medium is the message' and 'global village,' predicted how electronic communication would reshape human society. His work remains essential for understanding our hyper-connected modern world. #Canada #McLuhan #Philosophy #MediaTheory 🇨🇦

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marshall_McLuhan

The Prophet of the Digital Age: Marshall McLuhan

Long before the internet, Canadian philosopher Marshall McLuhan foresaw its impact. His groundbreaking theories on media, summarized in the phrases 'the medium is the message' and 'global village,' predicted how electronic communication would reshape human society. His work remains essential for understanding our hyper-connected modern world. #Canada #McLuhan #Philosophy #MediaTheory 🇨🇦

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marshall_McLuhan

The Prophet of the Digital Age: Marshall McLuhan

Long before the internet, Canadian philosopher Marshall McLuhan foresaw its impact. His groundbreaking theories on media, summarized in the phrases 'the medium is the message' and 'global village,' predicted how electronic communication would reshape human society. His work remains essential for understanding our hyper-connected modern world. #Canada #McLuhan #Philosophy #MediaTheory 🇨🇦

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marshall_McLuhan

can ai be rebuilt to serve communities?

https://lookslikenew.net/podcast/can-ai-be-rebuilt-to-serve-communities/

#ArtificialIntelligence #Ethics #MediaTheory #MEDLab

can ai be rebuilt to serve communities?

https://lookslikenew.net/podcast/can-ai-be-rebuilt-to-serve-communities/

#ArtificialIntelligence #Ethics #MediaTheory #MEDLab

#Videodrome – where #mediatheory meets #fantasy and horror

Here at the Factory Theatre in Toronto:
https://mprove.de/chrono?q=43.64528,-79.40281&z=18&t=41&d=0&s=1&i=1

#film #movie #HierSoAufDemSchirm #glasperlenspiel #chronomedia #mediatheory #mcluhan

#Videodrome – where #mediatheory meets #fantasy and horror

Here at the Factory Theatre in Toronto:
https://mprove.de/chrono?q=43.64528,-79.40281&z=18&t=41&d=0&s=1&i=1

#film #movie #HierSoAufDemSchirm #glasperlenspiel #chronomedia #mediatheory #mcluhan

#Videodrome – where #mediatheory meets #fantasy and horror

Here at the Factory Theatre in Toronto:
https://mprove.de/chrono?q=43.64528,-79.40281&z=18&t=41&d=0&s=1&i=1

#film #movie #HierSoAufDemSchirm #glasperlenspiel #chronomedia #mediatheory #mcluhan

#Videodrome – where #mediatheory meets #fantasy and horror

Here at the Factory Theatre in Toronto:
https://mprove.de/chrono?q=43.64528,-79.40281&z=18&t=41&d=0&s=1&i=1

#film #movie #HierSoAufDemSchirm #glasperlenspiel #chronomedia #mediatheory #mcluhan

#Videodrome – where #mediatheory meets #fantasy and horror

Here at the Factory Theatre in Toronto:
https://mprove.de/chrono?q=43.64528,-79.40281&z=18&t=41&d=0&s=1&i=1

#film #movie #HierSoAufDemSchirm #glasperlenspiel #chronomedia #mediatheory #mcluhan

The Prophet of the Digital Age: Marshall McLuhan

Long before the internet, Canadian philosopher Marshall McLuhan foresaw its impact. His groundbreaking theories on media, summarized in the phrases 'the medium is the message' and 'global village,' predicted how electronic communication would reshape human society. His work remains essential for understanding our hyper-connected modern world. #Canada #McLuhan #Philosophy #MediaTheory 🇨🇦

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marshall_McLuhan

The Prophet of the Digital Age: Marshall McLuhan

Long before the internet, Canadian philosopher Marshall McLuhan foresaw its impact. His groundbreaking theories on media, summarized in the phrases 'the medium is the message' and 'global village,' predicted how electronic communication would reshape human society. His work remains essential for understanding our hyper-connected modern world. #Canada #McLuhan #Philosophy #MediaTheory 🇨🇦

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marshall_McLuhan

The Prophet of the Digital Age: Marshall McLuhan

Long before the internet, Canadian philosopher Marshall McLuhan foresaw its impact. His groundbreaking theories on media, summarized in the phrases 'the medium is the message' and 'global village,' predicted how electronic communication would reshape human society. His work remains essential for understanding our hyper-connected modern world. #Canada #McLuhan #Philosophy #MediaTheory 🇨🇦

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marshall_McLuhan

The Prophet of the Digital Age: Marshall McLuhan

Long before the internet, Canadian philosopher Marshall McLuhan foresaw its impact. His groundbreaking theories on media, summarized in the phrases 'the medium is the message' and 'global village,' predicted how electronic communication would reshape human society. His work remains essential for understanding our hyper-connected modern world. #Canada #McLuhan #Philosophy #MediaTheory 🇨🇦

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marshall_McLuhan

The Prophet of the Digital Age: Marshall McLuhan

Long before the internet, Canadian philosopher Marshall McLuhan foresaw its impact. His groundbreaking theories on media, summarized in the phrases 'the medium is the message' and 'global village,' predicted how electronic communication would reshape human society. His work remains essential for understanding our hyper-connected modern world. #Canada #McLuhan #Philosophy #MediaTheory 🇨🇦

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marshall_McLuhan

Pluralistic: AI "journalists" prove that media bosses don't give a shit (11 Mar 2026)

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://pluralistic.net/2026/03/11/modal-dialog-a-palooza/

Dichotomies in Media and Communication Theory

Bart Cammaerts

(Taylor & Francis, 27/02/2026 - 278 pages)

"This innovative textbook explores media and communication theory, and its intersections with social and political theory, through the prism of eight core dichotomies – communication/media, private/public, production/reception, material/symbolic, mainstream/alternative, abundance/scarcity, control/freedom, and virtual/real – revealing their complex interrelationships and significance in understanding contemporary media and communication landscapes.

Students will gain a nuanced understanding of media and communication theories by examining both sides of each dichotomy and their dynamic interplay. The book historicizes each concept pair, illustrates them with past and present examples, and demonstrates how competing paradigms often complement rather than contradict each other. This approach helps readers grasp theoretical complexity, recognize the democratic importance of media and communication, and develop critical thinking skills through engaging case studies and discussion questions in each chapter.

This textbook is designed for undergraduate and postgraduate students taking media and communication theory courses. Instructors teaching critical media and communication theory will find the dichotomy-based approach particularly valuable for helping students navigate complex theoretical debates and understand the field's intellectual development. It will also be useful supplementary reading for specific topics within broader media studies programs."

https://books.google.pt/books?id=btitEQAAQBAJ

#MediaTheory #CommunicationTheory #MediaStudies #CriticalTheory

Dichotomies in Media and Communication Theory

Bart Cammaerts

(Taylor & Francis, 27/02/2026 - 278 pages)

"This innovative textbook explores media and communication theory, and its intersections with social and political theory, through the prism of eight core dichotomies – communication/media, private/public, production/reception, material/symbolic, mainstream/alternative, abundance/scarcity, control/freedom, and virtual/real – revealing their complex interrelationships and significance in understanding contemporary media and communication landscapes.

Students will gain a nuanced understanding of media and communication theories by examining both sides of each dichotomy and their dynamic interplay. The book historicizes each concept pair, illustrates them with past and present examples, and demonstrates how competing paradigms often complement rather than contradict each other. This approach helps readers grasp theoretical complexity, recognize the democratic importance of media and communication, and develop critical thinking skills through engaging case studies and discussion questions in each chapter.

This textbook is designed for undergraduate and postgraduate students taking media and communication theory courses. Instructors teaching critical media and communication theory will find the dichotomy-based approach particularly valuable for helping students navigate complex theoretical debates and understand the field's intellectual development. It will also be useful supplementary reading for specific topics within broader media studies programs."

https://books.google.pt/books?id=btitEQAAQBAJ

#MediaTheory #CommunicationTheory #MediaStudies #CriticalTheory

#GloriaMark said "our #attention spans are declining, averaging just 47 seconds on any screen." [today]

/via » The rise and fall of #TED « 📺 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QKg89xaS-GU

#mediaTheory

Just received new copies of my book Audiovisual Disruption!

{Get a copy for 35 coins, pick up in #Berlin Wedding and get a free cassette tape of my album Datox}

Extract:
https://www.transcript-publishing.com/media/pdf/07/c8/8e/tstw7416_1tfK4nvD8Ig2xy.pdf
#books #digitalart #postdigital #mediatheory #aesthetics #contemporaryart

The Prophet of the Digital Age: Marshall McLuhan

Long before the internet, Canadian philosopher Marshall McLuhan foresaw its impact. His groundbreaking theories on media, summarized in the phrases 'the medium is the message' and 'global village,' predicted how electronic communication would reshape human society. His work remains essential for understanding our hyper-connected modern world. #Canada #McLuhan #Philosophy #MediaTheory 🇨🇦

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marshall_McLuhan

The Prophet of the Digital Age: Marshall McLuhan

Long before the internet, Canadian philosopher Marshall McLuhan foresaw its impact. His groundbreaking theories on media, summarized in the phrases 'the medium is the message' and 'global village,' predicted how electronic communication would reshape human society. His work remains essential for understanding our hyper-connected modern world. #Canada #McLuhan #Philosophy #MediaTheory 🇨🇦

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marshall_McLuhan

The Prophet of the Digital Age: Marshall McLuhan

Long before the internet, Canadian philosopher Marshall McLuhan foresaw its impact. His groundbreaking theories on media, summarized in the phrases 'the medium is the message' and 'global village,' predicted how electronic communication would reshape human society. His work remains essential for understanding our hyper-connected modern world. #Canada #McLuhan #Philosophy #MediaTheory 🇨🇦

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marshall_McLuhan

The Prophet of the Digital Age: Marshall McLuhan

Long before the internet, Canadian philosopher Marshall McLuhan foresaw its impact. His groundbreaking theories on media, summarized in the phrases 'the medium is the message' and 'global village,' predicted how electronic communication would reshape human society. His work remains essential for understanding our hyper-connected modern world. #Canada #McLuhan #Philosophy #MediaTheory 🇨🇦

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marshall_McLuhan

The Prophet of the Digital Age: Marshall McLuhan

Long before the internet, Canadian philosopher Marshall McLuhan foresaw its impact. His groundbreaking theories on media, summarized in the phrases 'the medium is the message' and 'global village,' predicted how electronic communication would reshape human society. His work remains essential for understanding our hyper-connected modern world. #Canada #McLuhan #Philosophy #MediaTheory 🇨🇦

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marshall_McLuhan

the idea that sound, too, can be divided into the traced and the untraced. perhaps the real disturbance is not inaudibility, but untraceability.

#SoundStudies
#AcousticEcology
#SonicTheory
#CriticalTheory
#Philosophy
#MediaTheory
#Anthropology
#Listening

the idea that sound, too, can be divided into the traced and the untraced. perhaps the real disturbance is not inaudibility, but untraceability.

#SoundStudies
#AcousticEcology
#SonicTheory
#CriticalTheory
#Philosophy
#MediaTheory
#Anthropology
#Listening

the idea that sound, too, can be divided into the traced and the untraced. perhaps the real disturbance is not inaudibility, but untraceability.

#SoundStudies
#AcousticEcology
#SonicTheory
#CriticalTheory
#Philosophy
#MediaTheory
#Anthropology
#Listening

the idea that sound, too, can be divided into the traced and the untraced. perhaps the real disturbance is not inaudibility, but untraceability.

#SoundStudies
#AcousticEcology
#SonicTheory
#CriticalTheory
#Philosophy
#MediaTheory
#Anthropology
#Listening

the idea that sound, too, can be divided into the traced and the untraced. perhaps the real disturbance is not inaudibility, but untraceability.

#SoundStudies
#AcousticEcology
#SonicTheory
#CriticalTheory
#Philosophy
#MediaTheory
#Anthropology
#Listening