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(Dis)Orienting Media and Narrative Mazes
Julia Eckel
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Description for (Dis)Orienting Media and Narrative Mazes
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(Dis)Orientation appears to be a phenomenon that is connected to media in numerous respects: today, finding your way in the world often means finding your way with the help of as well as within media, which in turn creates new virtual realms of (dis)orientation. This book deals with recent media technologies and structures (navigation devices, databases, transmediality) and unconventional narrative patterns (narrative complexity, plot twists, non-linearity), using the ambivalent concept of (dis)orientation as a shared focus to analyse various phenomena of contemporary media, thereby raising overarching questions about current mediascapes.
(Dis)Orientation appears to be a phenomenon that is connected to media in numerous respects: today, finding your way in the world often means finding your way with the help of as well as within media, which in turn creates new virtual realms of (dis)orientation. This book deals with recent media technologies and structures (navigation devices, databases, transmediality) and unconventional narrative patterns (narrative complexity, plot twists, non-linearity), using the ambivalent concept of (dis)orientation as a shared focus to analyse various phenomena of contemporary media, thereby raising overarching questions about current mediascapes.
Product Details
Publisher
Transcript Verlag
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2021
Condition
New
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
, Germany
ISBN
9783837623383
SKU
V9783837623383
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-2
About Julia Eckel
Julia Eckel is research assistant at the Department of Media Studies at Ruhr-Universität Bochum and scientific coordinator of the DFG research training group »Documentary Practices. Excess and Privation«. Her main research interests are audiovisuality and individuality, animation and documentation, as well as complex temporalities in audiovisual media. Bernd Leiendecker (M.A.) is working on his PhD-thesis on the history of unreliable ... Read more
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Reviewed in: GMK-Newsletter, 1 (2013)