Tantalisingly close: an archaeology of communication desires in discourses of mobile wireless media
Auteur :
Vries, Imar de
Éditeur :
Amsterdam University Press
ISBN :
9789089643544
Date de publication :
29 déc. 2011
Dimensions :
23,4 x 15,6 cm
Poids :
375 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Nederlands
While studies of mobile wireless communication devices usually focus on their social implications, De Vries proposes to venture into a more historical and comparative direction to shed light on our preoccupation with them in the first place. He constructs an archaeological view of the development of communication technologies over the past 200 year