Starosielski Media Hot and Cold

1. Auflage 2021
ISBN: 978-1-4780-2184-1
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 296 Seiten

Reihe: Elements

Nicole Starosielski examines the cultural dimensions of temperature and the history of thermal media such as thermostats and infrared cameras to theorize the ways heat and cold can be used as a means of communication, subjugation, and control.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Starosielski, Nicole

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Medien- und Kommunikationswissenschaften Medienwissenschaften
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Mediensoziologie
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften: Allgemeines

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments ix
Preface: Of Temperature xiii
Introduction: Media Hot and Cold 1
Part I
1. Thermostat: The Thermal Subjects of Broadcast Temperature 31
2. Coldsploitation: The Thermal Attractions of Cool Air 72
3. Sweatbox: The Thermal Violence of Weaponized Heat 109
Part II
4. Heat Ray: The Thermal Circuits of Radiant Media 135
5. Infrared Camera: The Thermal Vision of Heat Images 166
6. Computer: The Coldward Course of Media 191
Conclusion: Media after the Melt 219
Notes 225
Bibliography 255
Index 273

Über Autor(innen)

Nicole Starosielski is Associate Professor of Media, Culture, and Communication at New York University, author of The Undersea Network, and coeditor of Assembly Codes: The Logistics of Media, both also published by Duke University Press.