Phase Media: Space, Time and the Politics of Smart Objects

by James Ash

Book Overview

In Phase Media, James Ash theorizes how smart objects, understood as Internet-connected and sensor-enabled devices, are altering users' experience of their environment. Rather than networks connected by lines of transmission, smart objects generate phases, understood as space-times that modulate the spatio-temporal intelligibility of both humans and non-humans. Examining a range of objects and services from the Apple Watch to Nest Cam to...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1501353888
• ISBN13: 9781501353888
• Release Date: August 2019
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.67 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"