Feeling Mediated A History of Media Technology and Emotion in America

New technologies, whether text message or telegraph, inevitably raise questions about emotion. New forms of communication bring with them both fear and hope, on one hand allowing us deeper emotional connections and the ability to forge global communities, while on the other prompting anxieties about...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Malin, Brenton J., 1972- auteur (auteur)
Format: eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York, NY : New York University Press [2014]
Edition:1st ed
Series:Critical Cultural Communication
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See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009817326106719
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Summary:New technologies, whether text message or telegraph, inevitably raise questions about emotion. New forms of communication bring with them both fear and hope, on one hand allowing us deeper emotional connections and the ability to forge global communities, while on the other prompting anxieties about isolation and over-stimulation. Feeling Mediated investigates the larger context of such concerns, considering both how media technologies intersect with our emotional lives and how our ideas about these intersections influence how we think about and experience emotion and technology themselves.
Item Description:Description based upon print version of record.
Physical Description:1 online resource (318 p.)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780814770153