Nicole Starosielski

Media Hot and Cold

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Produktbeschreibung

Nicole Starosielski examines the cultural dimensions of temperature and the history of thermal media such as thermostats and infrared cameras to theorize the ways heat and cold can be used as a means of communication, subjugation, and control.

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Produktdetails

• Elements
• Verlag: Duke University Press
• Seitenzahl: 298
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. Dezember 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 440g
• ISBN-13: 9781478014546
• ISBN-10: 1478014547
• Artikelnr.: 60978590

Autorenporträt

Nicole Starosielski is Associate Professor of Media, Culture, and Communication at New York University, author of The Undersea Network, and coeditor of Assembly Codes: The Logistics of Media, both also published by Duke University Press.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments  ix
Preface: Of Temperature  xiii
Introduction: Media Hot and Cold  1
Part I
1. Thermostat: The Thermal Subjects of Broadcast Temperature  31
2. Coldsploitation: The Thermal Attractions of Cool Air  72
3. Sweatbox: The Thermal Violence of Weaponized Heat  109
Part II
4. Heat Ray: The Thermal Circuits of Radiant Media  135
5. Infrared Camera: The Thermal Vision of Heat Images  166
6. Computer: The Coldward Course of Media  191
Conclusion: Media after the Melt  219
Notes  225
Bibliography  255
Index  273