Media Frictions
Christine Geraghty editor Annette Hill editor Simon Dawes editor Joke Hermes editor
Format:Hardback
Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd
Published:13th Oct '26
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This edited collection presents new work by leading international scholars that addresses the multi-layered meaning of frictions within empirical and theoretical research across media and communications, digital technologies, culture and society.
It brings together an impressive range of transnational scholars to offer original perspectives on the dynamics of media friction as social tensions, instabilities and power inequalities. Together, the chapters provide a timely opportunity to understand both the creative force and negative consequences of frictions within media and society.
The book will be of interest to scholars and students of television, media and cultural studies.
As this important and challenging collection of essays make abundantly clear, the concept of friction is a valuable tool for thinking through a wide range of issues in the field of media and communications. Frictions point us to what matters. The book provides insightful scholarship in making sense of the contemporary world.
Sue Turnbull, Honorary Professor, Communication and Media, University of Wollongong Australia
The idea of using the notion of ‘frictions’ as an exploratory point of reference for thinking critically about media comes off wonderfully well in this collection. The diverse implications of dynamic connection, tension, contradiction and opposition are pursued in a wide range of analytic and theoretical accounts. The book is an exercise both in disturbance and refreshment, allowing new distinctions to be drawn and new resemblances to be brought out.
John Corner, Emeritus Professor, University of Liverpool, UK
ISBN: 9781041098591
Dimensions: unknown
Weight: 580g
214 pages