Survival of the mediated

Departing from a perspective of life as lived in rather than with media, this paper articulates the evolutionary context for people's near-complete immersion in media. Using examples such as the appropriation of the movie Avatar by activists around the world it is argued how our orientation to...

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Main Author: Mark Deuze
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Ubiquity Press 2010-01-01
Series:Cultural Science
Online Access:https://culturalscience.org/articles/33
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spelling doaj-d38f5284710b4be0a9662f11261daf3a2020-11-25T02:11:07ZengUbiquity PressCultural Science1836-04162010-01-013210.5334/csci.3333Survival of the mediatedMark DeuzeDeparting from a perspective of life as lived in rather than with media, this paper articulates the evolutionary context for people's near-complete immersion in media. Using examples such as the appropriation of the movie Avatar by activists around the world it is argued how our orientation to media provides adaptive advantage in contemporary postgeographical society.https://culturalscience.org/articles/33
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