Cybermedia : explorations in science, sound, and vision / edited by Carol Vernallis, Holly Rogers, Jonathan Leal, Selmin Kara.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Vernallis, Carol, editor.

Rogers, Holly (Professor of music), editor.

Leal, Jonathan, editor.

Kara, Selmin, editor.

Series:

New approaches to sound, music, and media.

New approaches to sound, music, and media

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mass media and technology.

Digital media.

Music--Technological innovations.

Music.

Mass media--Technological innovations.

Mass media.

Music and technology.

Music & Sound Studies.

Music and Media (Music).

New Media and Technology (Film & Media).

Digital Art and Media (Film & Media).

Local Subjects:

Music & Sound Studies.

Music and Media (Music).

New Media and Technology (Film & Media).

Digital Art and Media (Film & Media).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (473 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

London : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2021.

New York, NY : Bloomsbury Academic, 2021.

Summary:

"We're experiencing a time when digital technologies and advances in artificial intelligence, robotics, and big data are redefining what it means to be human. How do these advancements affect contemporary media and music? This collection traces how media, with a focus on sound and image, engages with these new technologies. It bridges the gap between science and the humanities by pairing humanists' close readings of contemporary media with scientists' discussions of the science and math that inform them. This text includes contributions by established and emerging scholars performing across-the-aisle research on new technologies, exploring topics such as facial and gait recognition; EEG and audiovisual materials; surveillance; and sound and images in relation to questions of sexual identity, race, ethnicity, disability, and class and includes examples from a range of films and TV shows including Blade Runner , Black Mirror , Mr. Robot , Morgan , Ex Machina, and Westworld . Through a variety of critical, theoretical, proprioceptive, and speculative lenses, the collection facilitates interdisciplinary thinking and collaboration and provides readers with ways of responding to these new technologies."-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Acknowledgments

Contributors

Introduction Jonathan Leal and Carol Vernallis Part I: AI and Robotics

1. Could the AI of Our Dreams Ever Become Reality? Jay McClelland

2. Director Alex Garland Converses with Cybermedia's Scientists and Media Scholars Jonathan Leal and Carol Vernallis

3. (S)Ex Machina and the Cartesian Theater of the Absurd Simon D. Levy and Charles W. Lowney

4. Epiphany, Infinity and Transcendent AI Zachary Mason Part II: Big Data, Sentience, and the Universe

5. A MASSIVE Swirl of Pixels: Algorithms in Radiohead's 'Go to Sleep' Steen Ledet Christiansen

6. The Rise of the Machine: Body-Knowing, Neural Nets, and Emergent Freedom Charles W. Lowney

7. The Quantum Computer as Sci-Fi's Favorite Character Leonardo P. G. De Assis

8. Composer Ben Salisbury Discusses Scoring Science for Alex Garland Holly Rogers, John McGrath, Carol Vernallis, and Dale Chapman

9. Ex Machina and the Question of Consciousness Murray Shanahan

Part III: The Neuroscience of Affect and Event Perception

10. 'A Solid Popularity Arc': Affective Economies in Black Mirror's 'Nosedive' Dale Chapman

11. Cognitive Boundaries, 'Nosedive' and Under the Skin: Interview with Jeffrey Zacks Carol Vernallis, Jonathan Leal, and Dale Chapman

12. Toward an AI Future of Comics Study and Creation: A Cognitive-Affective Approach Frederick Aldama and Laura Wagner

Part IV: The Digital West

13. The Philosophy of Westworld Paul Skokowski

14. New Visions of the Old West: A.I., Self, and Other in Westworld Christopher Minz

15. Scoring Music for Westworld Then and Now: A Cognitive Perspective Annabel J. Cohen Part V: Interface, Desire, Collectivity

16. Director Terence Nance Discusses Random Acts of Flyness Carol Vernallis, Jonathan Leal, Holly Rogers, Liz Reich and the contributors of Cybermedia

17. The Gift of Black Sonics: Interface and Ontology in Sorry to Bother You and Random Acts of Flyness Liz Reich

18. Technology, Chaos, and the Nimble Subversion of Random Acts of Flyness Eric Lyon

19. Expecting the Twist: How Media Navigate the Intersections Among Different Sources of Prior Knowledge Noah Fram

20. Face Color Bevil Conway Part VI: Productive Neuropathologies 21. Digital Vitalism Marta Figlerowicz 22. Neuroplasticity: From Experience to Healing Sara Ferrando Colomer 23. Where is My Mind? Mr. Robot and the Digital Neuropolis Patricia Pisters 24. Dopamine Circuits: Wanting, Liking, Habits, and Goals. An Interview about Mr. Robot with Neuroscientist Talia Lerner Jonathan Leal, Carol Vernallis, and Patricia Pisters 25. The Taste of Cybermedia: An Interview with Hojoon Lee, The Lee Lab at Northwestern University Julia Peres Guimaraes, Selmin Kara, and Carol Vernallis

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on October 15, 2021).

ISBN:

9781501357077

1501357077

9781501357053

1501357050

9781501357060

1501357069

OCLC:

1264474717