Big Screens, Small Forms - Visual Varieties in Digital Media Culture

We witness an era with more screens than ever before, and within each screen, a multitude of visual varieties. Lisa Gotto investigates this medial diversity as a field of tension between large and small forms of digital image culture. This includes, on the one hand, the immersive potential of large image arrangements, such as digital 3D cinema, and, on the other hand, the compactness of mobile image forms, such as those of the smartphone film or the media practices of Instagram. Weaving together a rich variety of examples and sources, this book presents a multifaceted collection of essays that explore the transformational potential of digital media culture, contextualize its media-technical conditions, and reflect on its social consequences.

About the author

Lisa Gotto (Prof. Dr. phil.) ist Professorin für Theorie des Films an der Universität Wien. Ihre Forschungsschwerpunkte sind Filmtheorie, Bewegtbildästhetik und Digitale Medienkultur.

Summary

We witness an era with more screens than ever before, and within each screen, a multitude of visual varieties. Lisa Gotto investigates this medial diversity as a field of tension between large and small forms of digital image culture. This includes, on the one hand, the immersive potential of large image arrangements, such as digital 3D cinema, and, on the other hand, the compactness of mobile image forms, such as those of the smartphone film or the media practices of Instagram. Weaving together a rich variety of examples and sources, this book presents a multifaceted collection of essays that explore the transformational potential of digital media culture, contextualize its media-technical conditions, and reflect on its social consequences.

Report

»Eine Reflektion zu den Fragen digitaler Medien und der mit ihnen einhergehenden kulturellen Praktiken, die nicht nur Sehgewohnheiten, sondern auch Erzähltraditionen und Alltagspraktiken erheblich verändern.«

Fatma Sagir Bayerisches Jahrbuch für Volkskunde, 16.09.2024 20240916

Product details

• Authors: Lisa Gotto
• Publisher: Transcript
• Languages: English, German
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.09.2022
• EAN: 9783837661972
• ISBN: 978-3-8376-6197-2
• No. of pages: 268
• Dimensions: 148 mm x 19 mm x 227 mm
• Weight: 418 g
• Illustrations: 21 SW-Abb.
• Series: Digitale Gesellschaft; Digitale Gesellschaft 50
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Humanities (general); Social sciences, law, business > Media, communication > Media science; Film, Öffentliche Darbietungen, Film, Rundfunk, Sozialwissenschaften, Soziologie, Film, Kino, Media, Media Studies, Culture, Sociology, Popular Culture, Digital Media, Media Aesthetics, Television, Social interaction, Philosophy, Social & cultural history, Social Networks, Gender studies, gender groups, Gay & Lesbian studies, Sociology and anthropology, Electronic, holographic & video art, Philosophy and psychology, Culture and institutions, Groups of people, Public performances, Recreational and performing arts, Computer art (Digital art)