Interactive Media for Sustainability

Interactive Media for Sustainability presents a conceptually rich, critical account of the design and use of interactive technologies to engage the public with sustainability. Treating interactive technologies as forms of mediation, the book argues that these technologies advance multiple understandings of sustainability. At stake are the ways sustainability encodes the complexity of interrelated social and natural systems, and how it conveys the malleability of the future. The book's argument is anchored in a diverse set of theoretical resources that include contemporary work in human-computer interaction (HCI), social theory, media studies, and the philosophy of technology, and is animated by a variety of examples, including interactive simulations, persuasive apps, digital games, art installations, and decision-support tools.

List of contents

Acknowledgements.- Contents.- Images.- Tables.- Acronyms and Abbreviations.- Chapter 1: Mediation.- Chapter 2: Behavior.- Chapter 3: Reason.- Chapter 4: Experience.- Chapter 5: Imagination.- Chapter 6: Refractions.- Bibliography.- Index.

About the author

Roy Bendor is Assistant Professor at Delft University of Technology, Netherlands.

Summary

Interactive Media for Sustainability presents a conceptually rich, critical account of the design and use of interactive technologies to engage the public with sustainability. Treating interactive technologies as forms of mediation, the book argues that these technologies advance multiple understandings of sustainability. At stake are the ways sustainability encodes the complexity of interrelated social and natural systems, and how it conveys the malleability of the future. The book’s argument is anchored in a diverse set of theoretical resources that include contemporary work in human-computer interaction (HCI), social theory, media studies, and the philosophy of technology, and is animated by a variety of examples, including interactive simulations, persuasive apps, digital games, art installations, and decision-support tools.

Product details

• Authors: Roy Bendor
• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.04.2018
• EAN: 9783319703824
• ISBN: 978-3-31-970382-4
• No. of pages: 222
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 217 mm x 19 mm
• Weight: 434 g
• Illustrations: XIII, 222 p. 13 illus.
• Series: Palgrave Studies in Media and Environmental Communication; Palgrave Studies in Media and Environmental Communication
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Media, communication > Communication science; Management, Nachhaltigkeit, Soziologie, Umwelt, B, Sustainability, Management und Managementtechniken, Social Media, Media Studies, Sociology, Communication, Computer-Anwendungen in Kunst und Geisteswissenschaften, Sustainable Development, Digital Humanities, biotechnology, The environment, Environmental Sociology, Environmental Social Sciences, Media and Communication, Literature, Cultural and Media Studies, Literature: history & criticism, Sustainability Management, Business & the environment; ‘green’ approaches to business, Industrial management—Environmental aspects, Humanities—Digital libraries