Feed-forward : on the future of twenty-first-century media / Mark B. N. Hansen.
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TextPublisher: Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, 2014Description: 320 pages ; 23 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780226199696 (hbk.) :; 9780226199726 (pbk.) :Subject(s): Whitehead, Alfred North, 1861-1947 | Digital media -- Philosophy | Technology -- Philosophy | Experience | Media Studies | Media StudiesDDC classification: 302.2'31'0112 Summary: Media is no longer separate from us but has become an inescapable part of our very experience of the world. Drawing on the speculative empiricism of philosopher Alfred North Whitehead, Hansen reveals how new media call into play elements of sensibility that greatly affect human selfhood without in any way belonging to the human. From social media to data-mining to new sensor technologies, media in the twenty-first century works largely outside the realm of perceptual consciousness, yet at the same time inflect our every sensation.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Media is no longer separate from us but has become an inescapable part of our very experience of the world. Drawing on the speculative empiricism of philosopher Alfred North Whitehead, Hansen reveals how new media call into play elements of sensibility that greatly affect human selfhood without in any way belonging to the human. From social media to data-mining to new sensor technologies, media in the twenty-first century works largely outside the realm of perceptual consciousness, yet at the same time inflect our every sensation.
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