The new time and space / John Potts, Macquarie University, Australia.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Potts, John, 1959- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Space and time in mass media.

Space and time--Psychological aspects.

Space and time.

Space perception.

Space--Philosophy.

Space.

Time perception.

Time--Philosophy.

Time.

Digital media--Influence.

Digital media.

Philosophy.

Physical Description:

vii, 185 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2015.

Summary:

"The New Time and Space examines the ways in which the experience of time and space has been redefined in the contemporary era. Mobile phones, networked communications and freely accessible digital information have contributed to a shift in the way we understand time and space. There is a new virtual dimension to the public sphere, a new immaterial venue for social life. The book illustrates how, in this changed relationship to space, the virtual is layered onto the actual. Smartphone users are overwhelmed by a compulsion to check their messages, so that time becomes a montage of fractures. Interruption and distraction are the norm, as time is absorbed by an endless stream of messages and information"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: Introduction

A Brief History of Time and Space

Theorising Time and Space

'No One is Where They Are': Virtual Time and Space

Space and Displacement in Contemporary Art

The Big Now and the Faraway then: Present, Past and Future in Contemporary Culture

Public Intimacy: The Shrinking Space of Privacy

Photography 2.0: Photos on the Loose

Schizochronia: Time in Digital Sound

Capsules of Time and Space: Video and Performance Art.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 173-179) and index.

ISBN:

9781137494375

1137494379

OCLC:

913116884