Book chapter
Environmental materialism and media globalization
The Routledge Handbook of Digital Media and Globalization, pp.34-42
Routledge as part of the Taylor and Francis Group
2021
Abstract
Environmental media materialism seeks to understand the history of communications technologies from cradle to grave, with special attention to their environmental effects. It asks questions about the labor process, the extractive industries, and the manufacturing, distribution, use, and disposal of devices and texts. This is particularly important for understanding globalization. When we look at the entire commodity chain, the life history, of our favorite genres or technologies, we uncover uncomfortable material truths, with serious environmental implications.
Details
- Title
- Environmental materialism and media globalization
- Authors/Creators
- R. Maxwell (Author/Creator)T. Miller (Author/Creator)
- Contributors
- D.Y. Jin (Editor)
- Publication Details
- The Routledge Handbook of Digital Media and Globalization, pp.34-42
- Publisher
- Routledge as part of the Taylor and Francis Group
- Identifiers
- 991005541298907891
- Murdoch Affiliation
- Murdoch University
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Book chapter
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