Media Transformation
Subtitle: The Transfer of Media Characteristics among Media
Publisher: Palgrave Pivot
Published: Oct 03, 2014
Language: eng
Format: hardcover
Number of pages: 104
ISBN-13: 9781137474247
Description: "Why are some kinds of information and qualities possible to transfer from one medium to another type of medium, whereas others resist intermedial transfer? This basic question guides the investigations in Media Transformation of communicative phenomena that are in a way self-evident and yet highly complex and difficult to explain. The book is a methodical study of the material and mental limit and possibilities of transferring information and media characteristics among dissimilar media. Whereas media such as speech, gestures, writing, music, films, and websites are clearly different, they also have common traits that enable systematic comparison. Elleström proposes a theoretical model for pinpointing the most vital conceptual entities and stages of intermedial transfers and illustrates how the model can be used in practical analysis"--
Notes: Source title: Media Transformation: The Transfer of Media Characteristics among Media