Chapter 1 EDITORS' INTRODUCTION What are environing media?

This edited volume interrogates the role of media technologies in the formation of environments, understood both as physical spaces and epistemological constructs about them. Using the concept of 'environing media', the book advances a deeper understanding of how media processes - defined...

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Main Author: Wickberg, Adam (auth)
Other Authors: Gärdebo, Johan (auth)
Format: Electronic Book Chapter
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis 2023
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