Of Remixology: Ethics and Aesthetics after Remix

by David J. Gunkel

Book Overview

A new theory of moral and aesthetic value for the age of remix, going beyond the usual debates over originality and appropriation.

Remix--or the practice of recombining preexisting content--has proliferated across media both digital and analog. Fans celebrate it as a revolutionary new creative practice; critics characterize it as a lazy and cheap (and often illegal) recycling of other people's work. In Of Remixology, David Gunkel...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262546531
• ISBN13: 9780262546539
• Release Date: November 2022
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.79 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher