#mediatheory — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #mediatheory, aggregated by home.social.
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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
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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
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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
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🌍 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
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🌍 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
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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
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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
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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
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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 🇨🇦
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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 🇨🇦
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In this month's episode, in conversation with MEDLab fellow Stephanie Abdalla, Dr. Gebru discusses AI ethics research, the history of the AGI movement, and movements of resistance that can lead us to alternative AI futures. Dr. Timnit Gebru is the founder and executive director of the Distributed AI Research Institute (DAIR for short), an independent organization of academics, activists, and engineers who believe in technology that benefits everyone. Dr. Gebru is also the co-founder of […] -
#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
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#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
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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 🇨🇦
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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 🇨🇦
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Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow – No trackers, no ads. Black type, white background. Privacy policy: we don't collect or retain any data at all ever period. [Unofficial] @[email protected] ·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/
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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
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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
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#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
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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 🇨🇦
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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 🇨🇦
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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
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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
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Der Call for Papers „Noisy Systems: Aesthetics, Epistemology, and Computation“ (Bibliotheca Hertziana, Rom & online, 4.–5. Juni 2026) rückt „Noise“ als zentrales Element von KI-Systemen und kultureller Produktion in den Fokus.
Deadline: 16. März 2026
#CallForPapers #AIandCulture #MediaTheory
https://www.biblhertz.it/3773193/260206_Noisy-Systems_-Aesthetics_-Epistemology_-and-Computation?c=2376430 -
Der Call for Papers „Noisy Systems: Aesthetics, Epistemology, and Computation“ (Bibliotheca Hertziana, Rom & online, 4.–5. Juni 2026) rückt „Noise“ als zentrales Element von KI-Systemen und kultureller Produktion in den Fokus.
Deadline: 16. März 2026
#CallForPapers #AIandCulture #MediaTheory
https://www.biblhertz.it/3773193/260206_Noisy-Systems_-Aesthetics_-Epistemology_-and-Computation?c=2376430 -
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 🇨🇦
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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 🇨🇦
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Marshall McLuhan : Le médium est le message — comment les médias fabriquent la réalité
Marshall McLuhan révèle que le médium, plus que le contenu, façonne nos perceptions et construit la réalité sociale. Les journalistes, en s’insérant dans des cadres techniques et organisationnels propres aux médias, participent involontairement à cette fabrication. #McLuhan #MédiumEstMessage #Médias #Réalité #MediaTheory #MarshallMcLuhan #MediumIsTheMessage #Journalisme #Epistemologie
https://homohortus31.wordpress.com/2025/10/25/marshall-mcluhan-le-medium-est-le-message-comment-les-medias-fabriquent-la-realite/ -
"The fundamental problem, as I see it, is not that social media misinforms individuals about what is true or untrue but that it creates publics with malformed collective understandings.”
#HenryFarrell, 2025
https://www.programmablemutter.com/p/were-getting-the-social-media-crisis
#HatTip to @laurenshof for bringing my attention to this piece in one of his;
https://connectedplaces.online/the-digital-services-act-and-theories-of-power/
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"The fundamental problem, as I see it, is not that social media misinforms individuals about what is true or untrue but that it creates publics with malformed collective understandings.”
#HenryFarrell, 2025
https://www.programmablemutter.com/p/were-getting-the-social-media-crisis
#HatTip to @laurenshof for bringing my attention to this piece in one of his;
https://connectedplaces.online/the-digital-services-act-and-theories-of-power/
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Reading Byung-chul Han on selfies made me rethink not images themselves, but the systems that force them into constant circulation.
New essay reflecting on Han’s Non-Things.
https://terraphilosophica.substack.com/p/when-images-lost-their-weight
#Philosophy #MediaTheory -
Reading Byung-chul Han on selfies made me rethink not images themselves, but the systems that force them into constant circulation.
New essay reflecting on Han’s Non-Things.
https://terraphilosophica.substack.com/p/when-images-lost-their-weight
#Philosophy #MediaTheory -
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 🇨🇦
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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 🇨🇦
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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 🇨🇦
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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 🇨🇦
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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 🇨🇦
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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 🇨🇦
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📖 Reading Barthes: “Garbo’s Face”
Today in Mythologies: Roland Barthes breaks down beauty not as essence, but as structure. Greta Garbo = conceptual, a Platonic ideal. Audrey Hepburn = substantial, modern presence. Think Jolie in Beowulf vs. Deschanel in indie cinema.
Beauty isn’t just seen—it’s coded.
#Barthes #Mythologies #RolandBarthes #LitCrit #Philosophy #GretaGarbo #AudreyHepburn #BeautyAsMyth #NowReading #MediaTheory
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📖 Reading Barthes: “Garbo’s Face”
Today in Mythologies: Roland Barthes breaks down beauty not as essence, but as structure. Greta Garbo = conceptual, a Platonic ideal. Audrey Hepburn = substantial, modern presence. Think Jolie in Beowulf vs. Deschanel in indie cinema.
Beauty isn’t just seen—it’s coded.
#Barthes #Mythologies #RolandBarthes #LitCrit #Philosophy #GretaGarbo #AudreyHepburn #BeautyAsMyth #NowReading #MediaTheory
