Medium, Messenger, Transmission / Sybille Krämer ; translated by Anthony Enns.

This book presents an innovative new way of thinking about transmission media: through the figure of the messenger as a key metaphor. It explores a strikingly diverse range of types of transmission, including the circulation of money, the translation of languages, angelic visitations, the spread of...

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Place / Publishing House:Amsterdam : : Amsterdam University Press,, [2015]
©[2015]
Year of Publication:2015
Language:English
German
Series:Recursions: theories of media, materiality, and cultural techniques.
Physical Description:1 online resource (271 p.)
Notes:Description based upon print version of record.
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Recursions: Editors' Introduction
  • Table Of Contents
  • Introduction: The Media Philosophy Of Sybille Krämer / Enns, Anthony
  • Prologue
  • Methodological Considerations
  • Introductions
  • The Messenger Model
  • Transmissions
  • So What Does 'Transmission' Mean?
  • Test Case
  • Epilogue
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index Of Names
  • Index Of Subjects