Media Technology: Critical Perspectives : Critical Perspectives

This book provides an overview of the most important theoretical contributions to understanding the social and cultural implications of media technologies.

It combines analyses of the works of among others, Heidegger, Virilio, McLuhan, Benjamin, Williams, Barthes, Baudrillard, Haraway, Hayles, Latour, Poster, Manovitch and Turkle.

It provides an argument for a reconsideration of the technological dimension as a key factor in media processes, whilst avoiding the trap of technological determinism.

In so doing, it also makes an original contribution to debates about the role of technology in the domain of 'new media'.