reading list
Explore the power of visual perception with this seminal book on art, history, and society. Also presented by John Berger through episodes on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0pDE4VX_9Kk&ab_channel=tw19751
Jenkins provides a riveting introduction to the world where every story gets told and every brand gets sold across multiple media platforms. He explains the cultural shift that is occurring as consumers fight for control across disparate channels, changing the way we do business, elect our leaders, and educate our children.
In this influential philosophical treatise, Jean Baudrillard explores the concepts of simulacrum and simulation, examining how modern societies have become increasingly reliant on representations and models to understand reality.
"The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction" (1935), by Walter Benjamin, is an essay of cultural criticism which proposes and explains that mechanical reproduction devalues the aura (uniqueness) of a work of art,[1] and that in the age of mechanical reproduction and the absence of traditional and ritualistic value, the production of art would be inherently based upon the praxis of politics. Written during the Nazi régime (1933–1945) in Germany, in the essay Benjamin presents a theory of art that is "useful for the formulation of revolutionary demands in the politics of art" in a society of mass culture.
A philosophical and critical analysis of the concept of spectatorship and its relationship to art, politics, and society by renowned philosopher and art critic, Jacques Rancière.
This article discusses the rise of participatory culture in the networked era, exploring how online platforms have transformed the way people create, share, and engage with cultural content.
Explore the impact of media convergence on everyday life, as traditional boundaries between media platforms blur and new forms of networked digital media emerge.