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From Intermediality to Intermateriality: Actor-Network Theory as a “Translation” of Post-Essentialist Media Studies

From Intermediality to Intermateriality: Actor-Network Theory as a “Translation” of Post-Essentialist Media Studies

Andrea Seier
Copyright: © 2017 |Pages: 13
ISBN13: 9781522506164|ISBN10: 1522506160|EISBN13: 9781522506171
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-0616-4.ch003
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Seier, Andrea. "From Intermediality to Intermateriality: Actor-Network Theory as a “Translation” of Post-Essentialist Media Studies." Applying the Actor-Network Theory in Media Studies, edited by Markus Spöhrer and Beate Ochsner, IGI Global, 2017, pp. 38-50. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-0616-4.ch003

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Seier, A. (2017). From Intermediality to Intermateriality: Actor-Network Theory as a “Translation” of Post-Essentialist Media Studies. In M. Spöhrer & B. Ochsner (Eds.), Applying the Actor-Network Theory in Media Studies (pp. 38-50). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-0616-4.ch003

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Seier, Andrea. "From Intermediality to Intermateriality: Actor-Network Theory as a “Translation” of Post-Essentialist Media Studies." In Applying the Actor-Network Theory in Media Studies, edited by Markus Spöhrer and Beate Ochsner, 38-50. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2017. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-0616-4.ch003

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Abstract

This chapter discusses Actor-Network Theory in the context of post-essentialist theories in Media Studies. In doing so, the similarities and differences between different models and concepts will be taken into consideration, such as dispositive, assemblage and actant networks. The chapter argues that instead of replacing models of micro-political analysis of media with ANT, it should rather be combined with such in a productive way. This argument will be put to the test by using the example of the remote control.

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