Towards an Intermedial Theory of Medial Agency

Environing Media

Bibliographic Data

ID12418065
AuthorsJørgen Bruhn (0000-0003-2685-9510, Linnaeus University, corresponding author)
Year2023
Volume31
IssueS1
PagesS132-S147
Publication date2023-10-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueEuropean Review (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1062-7987 • E-ISSN: 1474-0575
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s1062798723000431
OpenAlexW4387820483
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited20

Based on a rough conceptual divide of (parts of) media studies, including intermedial studies, this article presents two positions based on interests in media as transmission and representation, or media as ecological frame, or media agency. Following that, the article discusses how a new concept in environmental studies, ‘environing media’ or ‘environing technologies’ – where representation and media ecological agency seem to find a fruitful meeting point – is discussed in more detail. That description and discussion are put into a debate with central ideas of intermedial studies, before the final part of the article briefly exemplifies the theoretical ideas in the case of the IPCC report’s Summary for Policymakers (2021)

Agency (philosophy · Epistemology · Frame (networking · Media studies · Media theory · New media · Point (geometry · Political science · Politics · Representation (politics · Social science · Sociology · Climate Change Communication and Perception · Computer Science · Cybernetics and Technology in Society · Ecocriticism and Environmental Literature · Law · Mathematics · Philosophy

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