Out of Our Depth: "Hyper-Extensionality" and the Return of Three-Dimensional Media - Couverture souple

Brecese, Justin

 
9783659234972: Out of Our Depth: "Hyper-Extensionality" and the Return of Three-Dimensional Media
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 3659234974 ISBN 13 : 9783659234972
Editeur : LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing, 2012

Synopsis

This work theorizes the contemporary attraction to three-dimensional media. In doing so, it reframes ongoing debates surrounding digital three-dimensional media in order to critique the neoliberal social relations such media engender. I argue that the contemporary interest in dimensionality (especially regarding digital media) is symptomatic of a broad cultural shift, wherein millions of lives are now essentially being lived through two-dimensional, “flat” media, which have consequently generated a lack of spatial relationships and a craving or desire for “depth.” This “desire for depth” has arisen in contemporary society because people are being “spread too thin” through a combination of the radical connectivity afforded by digital technology and the demand for limitless flexibility imposed by the market: a condition I call "hyper-extensionality." Through analyses of select, prominent forms of three-dimensional media, I show that commercial three-dimensional media largely functions to maintain the contemporary status quo by helping alleviate the feeling of “depthlessness” in the social unconscious.

Les informations fournies dans la section « Synopsis » peuvent faire référence à une autre édition de ce titre.

Présentation de l'éditeur

This work theorizes the contemporary attraction to three-dimensional media. In doing so, it reframes ongoing debates surrounding digital three-dimensional media in order to critique the neoliberal social relations such media engender. I argue that the contemporary interest in dimensionality (especially regarding digital media) is symptomatic of a broad cultural shift, wherein millions of lives are now essentially being lived through two-dimensional, “flat” media, which have consequently generated a lack of spatial relationships and a craving or desire for “depth.” This “desire for depth” has arisen in contemporary society because people are being “spread too thin” through a combination of the radical connectivity afforded by digital technology and the demand for limitless flexibility imposed by the market: a condition I call "hyper-extensionality." Through analyses of select, prominent forms of three-dimensional media, I show that commercial three-dimensional media largely functions to maintain the contemporary status quo by helping alleviate the feeling of “depthlessness” in the social unconscious.

Biographie de l'auteur

Currently holds a Master of Liberal Arts degree in Film Studies from the University of South Florida. Primary academic concentrations have included: Theories of technology, film and new media theory, and contemporary film. He is now pursuing further education in Information Management and Information Assurance.

Les informations fournies dans la section « A propos du livre » peuvent faire référence à une autre édition de ce titre.

Éditeur
LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing
Date d'édition
2012
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
3659234974
ISBN 13 
9783659234972
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
108
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
KreGa Onlinehandel GmbH
4950000000000
info@krega-onlinehandel.de

Birkenweg 31
Brakel
33034
Allemagne

Autres éditions populaires du même titre

9781249891543: Out of Our Depth: Hyper-Extensionality and the Return of Three-Dimensional Media

Edition présentée

ISBN 10 :  124989154X ISBN 13 :  9781249891543
Editeur : Proquest, Umi Dissertation Publi..., 2012
Couverture souple