John Hartley, Indrek Ibrus, Maarja Ojamaa

On the Digital Semiosphere (eBook, ePUB)

Culture, Media and Science for the Anthropocene

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

It is only since global media and digital communications became accessible to ordinary populations - with Telstar, jumbo jets, the pc and mobile devices - that humans have been able to experience their own world as planetary in extent. What does it mean to be one species on one planet, rather than a patchwork of scattered, combative and mutually untranslatable cultures? One of the most original and prescient thinkers to tackle cultural globalisation was Juri Lotman (1922-93). On the Digital Semiosphere shows how his general model of the semiosphere provides a unique and compelling key to the dynamics and functions of today's globalised digital media systems and, in turn, their interactions and impact on planetary systems.

Developing their own reworked and updated model of Lotman's evolutionary and dynamic approach to the semiosphere or cultural universe, the authors offer a unique account of the world-scale mechanisms that shape media, meanings, creativity and change - both productive and destructive. In so doing, they re-examine the relations among the contributing sciences and disciplines that have emerged to explain these phenomena, seeking to close the gap between biosciences and humanities in an integrated 'cultural science' approach.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing Inc
• Seitenzahl: 360
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. Dezember 2020
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781501369230
• Artikelnr.: 60770715

Autorenporträt

John Hartley is Professor in Digital Media and Culture at the University of Sydney, Australia. He previously worked at Curtin University, Australia, Queensland University of Technology, Australia, as Dean of Creative Industries and ARC Federation Fellow, and Cardiff University, UK, as head of the School of Journalism and Media. He has published over 30 books and many articles on media, journalism, creative industries and digital culture.

Inhaltsangabe

Part I. Spheres and Globes 1: A Semiotic Theory of Spheres 2: A Short
History of Globes 3: Juri Lotman and Cultural Semiotics Part II. Elements
of the Digital Semiosphere 4: 'Inside Thinking Worlds' 5: Dialogue and
Dynamics 6: Cultural Semiotics in a Multidisciplinary Environment Part III.
Micro-scale: Text 7: What Does Culture Want? 8: Text, Transmission,
Translation 9: Text, Creation, Newness 10: Text, Preservation, Memory Part
IV. Meso-scale: Institution 11: Planetary Systems of Culture Production 12:
Bubbles: Production of Continual Systems 13: Blows: Production of
Discontinuities 14: Foam: Production of Dynamic Multiplicity Part V.
Macro-scale: System 15: Globe: Production of Digital Distinctions 16: The
Digital Semiosphere and the Technosphere 17: Semiosis: Regulating Politics
and Economics 18: Staged Conflict: New Demes and Classes Part VI. Cultural
Science for the Anthropocene 19: Populations of Rules: The Constitution and
Coordination of Media-made Groups 20: Where to Now, Planet? References
Acknowledgements Index