Feeling mediated :
a history of media technology and emotion in America /
Brenton J. Malin.

Description

Main Author

Malin, Brenton J., 1972-

Language(s)

English

Published

New York ; New York University Press, [2014]

Subjects

Gefühl.
Medientechnik.
Massenkommunikation.
Mass media > Mass media / Psychological aspects.
Mass media and technology.
Mass media and culture.
Communication > Communication / Psychological aspects.
Communication and technology.
Mass media and culture > Mass media and culture / United States.
Mass media > Mass media / United States > Mass media / United States / Psychological aspects.
Communication > Communication / United States > Communication / United States / Psychological aspects.
Mass media and technology > Mass media and technology / United States > Mass media and technology / United States / History.
Communication and technology > Communication and technology / United States > Communication and technology / United States / History.
USA.
United States.
History.

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. Drawing on extensive archival research, Brenton J. Malin explores the historical roots of much of our recent understanding of mediated feelings, showing how earlier ideas about the telegraph, phonograph, radio, motion pictures, and other once-new technologies continue to inform our contemporary thinking. With insightful analysis, Feeling Mediated explores a series of fascinating arguments about technology and emotion that became especially heated during the early 20th century. These debates, which carried forward and transformed earlier discussions of technology and emotion, culminated in a set of ideas that became institutionalized in the structures of American media production, advertising, social research, and policy, leaving a lasting impact on our everyday lives." -- Publisher information.

Physical Description

viii, 309 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

ISBN

0814760570 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780814760574 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0814762794 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780814762790 (cloth : alk. paper)

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