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New Media, 1740-1915
Reminding us that all media were once new, this book challenges the notion that to study new media is to study exclusively today's new media. Examining a variety of media in their historic contexts, it explores those moments of transition when new media were not yet fully defined and their significance was still in flux. Examples range from familiar devices such as the tel...more
Paperback, 305 pages
Published
September 17th 2004
by MIT Press (MA)
(first published April 1st 2003)
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In their introduction, Gitelman and Pingree question the two "futurological tropes" related to modern media: 1) the idea of supersession, which believes that new media replace old media, and 2) the idea of increasing transparency, where it's believed that newer media mediate less (xiii).
In "Zograscopes, Virtual Reality, and the Mapping of Polite Society in Eighteenth-Century England," Erin C. Blake argues that zograscopes of the mid-18th century allowed for the creation of "a virtual space that...more
In "Zograscopes, Virtual Reality, and the Mapping of Polite Society in Eighteenth-Century England," Erin C. Blake argues that zograscopes of the mid-18th century allowed for the creation of "a virtual space that...more
There's nothing to dislike about the motivation for this book. In examining the lives of old media when they were new, it self-consciously puts itself in Carolyn Marvin's territory of historical scholarship. Some of the contributions hold up to this standard quite nicely, others don't successfully evoke the period as well as she does. Similarly, the theoretical bent of many of these essays sometimes seems overwrought. While most of the authors self-consciously avoid making inappropriate comparis...more
An engrossing collection of essays on various medias of communication. I read several chapters relating to early optical telegraphy as it relates to pedagogy, zograscopes and their use in polite society, and the rift caused in Menonite and Amish communities over the use of the telephone. Very fun historical reads, especially if you are interested in communication history. Can't vouch for all of the contributor's writing but the few I read were engrossing and the remaining chapters were tantalizi...more
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