The tactile and the index – From the remote control to the hand-held computer, some speculative reflections on the bodies of the will
The article deals with the conception of tactility in Marshall McLuhan’s media theory and its relation to the notion of the index and the category of ‘secondness’ in the semiotic pragmatism of Charles Sanders Peirce. It shows how two different aspects of tactility in McLuhan’s work can be differenti...
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| Language: | English |
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Amsterdam University Press
2013-01-01
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| Series: | NECSUS : European journal of media studies |
| Online Access: | https://www.necsus-ejms.org/test/the-tactile-and-the-index-from-the-remote-control-to-the-hand-held-computer-some-speculative-reflections-on-the-bodies-of-the-will/ |