Media Ecology and the Internet of Things

Irwin, Stacey O.

doi:10.1386/eme.15.2.159_1

“…However, on the whole media ecology is an effective field of study for looking broadly at the effects of media technologies. While there has not been much interaction between the media ecology and postphenomenology (Van Den Eede, 2016), there has recently been a tentative bridge developing between the two (Irwin, 2016;Ralón, 2016;Van Den Eede, 2016), where scholars are exploring their conceptual commonalities. Ihde (1990) points out that the micro and macro are not discrete or exclusively binary positions.…”

Section: Micro and Macro Approachesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Technology, Media Literacy, and the Human Subject

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2021

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Ivan Kalmar (2005) suggests, 'if McLuhan's name no longer rings as it once did, it is because history has paid his ideas the compliment of making them commonplace' (227).1. Introduction: Problematizing our Relations with Media Technologies12 Semiotics, the study of words and language-sign and signifier-is mostly outside the scope of this book. However, it is quite important, so there is a place for it within the framework/instrument I develop.1. Introduction: Problematizing our Relations with Media Technologies imply autonomy and separation. Kenneth Gergen (2009: xxvii) describes this issue quite well:The very idea of individual persons is a byproduct of relational process. But how can I describe this process without using a language that inherently divides the world into bounded entities? To be more specific, by relying on common conventions of writing, I will invariably rely on nouns and pronouns, both of which designate bounded or identifiable units. The very phrase, 'I rely on you….' already defines me as separate from you.[…] Try as I may to create a sense of process that precedes the construction of entities, the conventions of language resist. They virtually insist that separate entities exist prior to relationship.

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“…Insofar as I use or employ a technology, I am used by and employed by that technology as well” (Ihde 2002 , p. 137). This co-shaping notion is not only central to actor-network theory and the philosophy of technology, but also ME (Irwin 2016 ). “We shape our tools and thereafter they shape us,” notes Culkin ( 1967 , p. 52).…”

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What is the message of the robot medium? Considering media ecology and mobilities in critical robotics research

Hildebrand

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2021

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This article makes the case for including frameworks of media ecology and mobilities research in the shaping of critical robotics research for a human-centered and holistic lens onto robot technologies. The two meta-disciplines, which align in their attention to relational processes of communication and movement, provide useful tools for critically exploring emerging human–robot dimensions and dynamics. Media ecology approaches human-made technologies as media that can shape the way we think, feel, and act. Relatedly, mobilities research highlights various kinds of influential movement and stillness of people, things, and ideas. The emerging field of critical robotics research can benefit from such attention to the ways of thinking, feeling, and moving robotic forms and environments encourage and discourage. Drawing on various studies into robotics, I illustrate those conceptual alignments of media ecology, mobilities, and critical robotics research and point to the value of this interdisciplinary approach to robots as media and robotics as socio-cultural environments.

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“…However, on the whole media ecology is an effective field of study for looking broadly at the effects of media technologies. While there has not been much interaction between the media ecology and postphenomenology (Van Den Eede, 2016), there has recently been a tentative bridge developing between the two (Irwin, 2016;Ralón, 2016;Van Den Eede, 2016), where scholars are exploring their conceptual commonalities. Ihde (1990) points out that the micro and macro are not discrete or exclusively binary positions.…”

Section: Micro and Macro Approachesmentioning

confidence: 99%

5. Developing the Intrasubjective Mediating Framework

Lewis

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2021

Technology, Media Literacy, and the Human Subject

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Ivan Kalmar (2005) suggests, 'if McLuhan's name no longer rings as it once did, it is because history has paid his ideas the compliment of making them commonplace' (227).1. Introduction: Problematizing our Relations with Media Technologies12 Semiotics, the study of words and language-sign and signifier-is mostly outside the scope of this book. However, it is quite important, so there is a place for it within the framework/instrument I develop.1. Introduction: Problematizing our Relations with Media Technologies imply autonomy and separation. Kenneth Gergen (2009: xxvii) describes this issue quite well:The very idea of individual persons is a byproduct of relational process. But how can I describe this process without using a language that inherently divides the world into bounded entities? To be more specific, by relying on common conventions of writing, I will invariably rely on nouns and pronouns, both of which designate bounded or identifiable units. The very phrase, 'I rely on you….' already defines me as separate from you.[…] Try as I may to create a sense of process that precedes the construction of entities, the conventions of language resist. They virtually insist that separate entities exist prior to relationship.

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Media Ecology and the Internet of Things

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Technology, Media Literacy, and the Human Subject

Technology, Media Literacy, and the Human Subject

What is the message of the robot medium? Considering media ecology and mobilities in critical robotics research

5. Developing the Intrasubjective Mediating Framework

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