Jan Teurlings
University of Amsterdam, Mediastudies, Faculty Member
- Cultural Studies, Cultural Industries, Political Economy, Television Studies, Television Production, Ideology, and 23 moreMediastudies, Communication, Marxism, Work and Labour, Media and Democracy, Production studies, Dating shows, Alternative Media, Culture and Politics, Class (Sociology), Syria, Transparency, Arjun Appadurai, Political Economy of Communication, Political Economy of the Media, Commodification of Culture, Michel Foucault, Television, Media Studies, New Media, Cultural Theory, Web 2.0, and Media and Cultural Studiesedit
While supportive towards a certain rapprochement between media studies and actor-network theory (ANT) this chapter identifies three main characteristics of the Latourian enterprise that critical media studies should avoid if it wants to... more
While supportive towards a certain rapprochement between media studies and actor-network theory (ANT) this chapter identifies three main characteristics of the Latourian enterprise that critical media studies should avoid if it wants to remain its critical edge: 1. a methodological descriptivism that relies on the victor's account, 2. a rejection of the notion of structure, and 3. an innovative yet limited notion of intellectual work. The chapter next articulates a perspective on how a "weak" version of ANT can augment critical media studies while retaining the latter's strong dedication to changing an unjust social order.
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... challenges of contemporary ... dating shows belong to the media world, but precisely because ordinary people 'star' in it, viewers pose themselves questions as to ... The 24-hour live stream on the website especially... more
... challenges of contemporary ... dating shows belong to the media world, but precisely because ordinary people 'star' in it, viewers pose themselves questions as to ... The 24-hour live stream on the website especially serves as an 'alternative' information source that provokes a media ...
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... the volume is characterized by its rather sober perspective on the "digital revolution" that was ... One further example that underlines the power of global capital is blogger Michael Anti's story. The two... more
... the volume is characterized by its rather sober perspective on the "digital revolution" that was ... One further example that underlines the power of global capital is blogger Michael Anti's story. The two Chinese characters he chose for his name mean "peace" (an) and "replacement ...
This essay gives a summary and overview of Guy Debord's Society of the Spectacle and its continuing relevance for media studies. It explains the spectacle as conceived by Debord by means of four terms (separation, passivity, alienation,... more
This essay gives a summary and overview of Guy Debord's Society of the Spectacle and its continuing relevance for media studies. It explains the spectacle as conceived by Debord by means of four terms (separation, passivity, alienation, representation) and situates Debord's work within the Marxist tradition, and it explains why mass media can be seen as the embodiment of spectacle logic. The essay ends with a discussion of media studies work that has engaged with his work. Main Text The society of the spectacle is a term coined by French Situationist writer and filmmaker Guy Debord, as well as the title of his 1967 manifesto that continues to be read in humanities curriculums across the world. Outside the university and against all odds the term has become somewhat of a common term to talk about media-dominated societies, albeit this came at the