Applying the Actor-network Theory in Media Studies

For advanced classes in media studies, social studies, and science and technology studies, media and communication scholars summarize the state of research on actor-network theory and media studies, and reflect on specialized applications of the theory that have not yet been researched in academic discourse. In sections on theoretical concepts, case studies, and criticism, they consider such topics as the end of media: reconstructing media studies in the basis of actor-network theory, a cyborg perspective: the cochlear implant and actor-network perception, anaphoric trajectories of creative processes: the case of a failed film project, oh habit and fiction in Latours' Inquiry and fictional knowledge on habit in Proust's Recherche, and mind the gap: on actor-network theory and German media theory. Annotation ©2016 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)