A Turn in the Road of Media Studies
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10.2478_njms-2020-0014.pdf
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Author(s)
Uricchio, William
Date Issued
2020
Journal
Nordic Journal of Media Studies
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Walter de Gruyter GmbH
Citation
Uricchio, William. 2020. "A Turn in the Road of Media Studies." Nordic Journal of Media Studies, 2 (1).
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Final published version
Abstract
Abstract
Whether in the form of Google searches, interactive games, or responsive textual environments, the reassuring subject-object binary so fundamental to the modern era's representation systems is fast slipping away. In its place, a recursive epistemological order that actively parses the subject and shapes the textual world is fast emerging, posing challenges to established notions of agency and to narrative as a cultural operating system. Assessments of the terms and implications of this shift will benefit from the distinctive analytic perspective that distinguishes the Nordic from many of its Anglo-American and European peers.
Whether in the form of Google searches, interactive games, or responsive textual environments, the reassuring subject-object binary so fundamental to the modern era's representation systems is fast slipping away. In its place, a recursive epistemological order that actively parses the subject and shapes the textual world is fast emerging, posing challenges to established notions of agency and to narrative as a cultural operating system. Assessments of the terms and implications of this shift will benefit from the distinctive analytic perspective that distinguishes the Nordic from many of its Anglo-American and European peers.
MIT Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Program in Comparative Media Studies/Writing
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https://doi.org/10.2478/NJMS-2020-0014