Updating to Remain the Same: Habitual New Media

by Wendy Hui Kyong Chun

Book Overview

What it means when media moves from the new to the habitual--when our bodies become archives of supposedly obsolescent media, streaming, updating, sharing, saving.

New media--we are told--exist at the bleeding edge of obsolescence. We thus forever try to catch up, updating to remain the same. Meanwhile, analytic, creative, and commercial efforts focus exclusively on the next big thing: figuring out what will spread and who will spread it...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 026253472X
• ISBN13: 9780262534727
• Release Date: August 2017
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 0.82 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.9" x 8.9"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher