Prof. John Hartley, Professor Indrek Ibrus, Dr. Maarja Ojamaa

Broschiertes Buch

On the Digital Semiosphere

Culture, Media and Science for the Anthropocene

Beschreibung

It is only since global media and digital communications became accessible to ordinary populations - with Telstar, jumbo jets, the pc and mobile devices - that humans have been able to experience their own world as planetary in extent. What does it mean to be one species on one planet, rather than a patchwork of scattered, combative and mutually untranslatable cultures? One of the most original and prescient thinkers to tackle cultural globalisation was Juri Lotman (1922-93). On the Digital Semiosphere shows how his general model of the semiosphere provides a unique and compelling key to the dynamics and functions of today's globalised digital media systems and, in turn, their interactions and impact on planetary systems. Developing their own reworked and updated model of Lotman's evolutionary and dynamic approach to the semiosphere or cultural universe, the authors offer a unique account of the world-scale mechanisms that shape media, meanings, creativity and change - both productive and destructive. In so doing, they re-examine the relations among the contributing sciences and disciplines that have emerged to explain these phenomena, seeking to close the gap between biosciences and humanities in an integrated 'cultural science' approach.

Autor

John Hartley is Professor in Digital Media and Culture at the University of Sydney, Australia. He has worked in senior positions in Australia at Curtin University, as John Distinguished Professor and Professor of Cultural Science, and at Queensland University of Technology, as Australian Federation Fellow and dean of Creative Industries. Previously, he was first head of the Journalism School at Cardiff University in Wales, UK. He has held visiting scholar positions in the USA, UK, China, Germany and Denmark, and served on ministerial advisory bodies in Australia, China, Thailand and Indonesia. He was awarded the Order of Australia for service to education, and holds elected fellowships of the Australian Academy of the Humanities, Learned Society of Wales, and International Communication Association. He has published more than 30 books in communication, cultural and media studies, including Cultural Science(with Jason Potts, 2014), Creative Economy and Culture (with Wen Wen and Henry Li, 2015), and How We Use Stories and Why That Matters(2020).

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
• Seitenzahl: 362
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. Juli 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 532g
• ISBN-13: 9781501369216
• ISBN-10: 1501369210
• Artikelnr.: 62752460