This collection assembles a number of chapters engaging different strands of Heidegger's philosophy to explore issues relevant to contemporary media studies. Principal Heideggerian concepts have been drawn upon to explore photography, audiovisual production culture, the selfie phenomenon, and social media activism in the cultures of the West.

This collection assembles a number of chapters engaging different strands of Martin Heidegger's philosophy in order to explore issues relevant to contemporary media studies. Following the release of Heidegger's controversial Black Notebooks and the subsequent calls to abandon the philosopher, this book seeks to demonstrate why Heidegger, rather than be pushed aside and shunned by media practitioners, ought to be embraced by and further incorporated into the discipline, as he offers unique and often innovative pathways to address, and ultimately understand, our daily engagements with media-related phenomena.

Autorentext

Justin Michael Battin is Assistant Professor of English Cultures and Literatures at the University of Silesia in Katowice. His research focuses on intersecting various strands of Heidegger s philosophy with the everyday uses of mobile media technologies and mobile social media. German A. Duarte is Lecturer of Film and Media Studies at the Free University of Bozen-Bolzano. His research interests include History of Media, Film History, Cybernetics, Cognitive-Cultural Economy and Philosophy.

Inhalt

Heideggerian concepts: Sorge, Ereignis, das Gestell, Dasein, Equipmentality - Topology and Digital Narratives - Architecture and Spatial Constructions - Photography and Dwelling - Social Media - Mediality - Technology and Technical Media