1st Edition
Philosophy of Media A Short History of Ideas and Innovations from Socrates to Social Media
Introduction - In Medias Res
Chapter 1 In the beginning was the (written) word…
Chapter 2 The Mediation of Politics
Chapter 3 Encoding the Universe
Chapter 4 The Question of Objectivity
Chapter 5 Automata and the Metaphor of the Machine
Chapter 6 Form, Matter, and Simulation
Chapter 7 Analogue and Digital
Chapter 8 Technological Determinism: A social Science fiction?
Chapter 9 Global Media Society
Chapter 10 End of Modern Politics?
Chapter 11 Time, Technology and an Ethic of Responsibility
Conclusion - Bridging the Past and Future
Biography
Robert Hassan is Associate Professor and Head of the Media and Communications programme in the School of Culture and Communication at the University of Melbourne, Australia.
Thomas Sutherland recently completed his PhD in the Media and Communications programme at the University of Melbourne, Australia where he also currently lectures.
"A much needed and highly savvy examination of the contribution of philosophy to our understanding of media, especially social media, with refreshing attention to ancient philosophers."
Paul Levinson, Fordham University, USA"Hassan and Sutherland offer a careful and lucid introduction to media as considered by philosophers over the centuries. The breadth of scholarship in Philosophy of Media is impressive, while the book also offers up some exciting and provocative thoughts about today’s society."
William Brown, University of Roehampton, UK
