Media Transformation : The Transfer of Media Characteristics Among Media

This is a methodical study of the material and mental limits and possibilities of transferring information and media traits among dissimilar media. Elleström proposes a model for pinpointing the most vital conceptual entities and stages in intermedial transfers involving different media types such as speech, writing, music, films, and websites. This is a methodical study of the material and mental limits and possibilities of transferring information and media traits among dissimilar media. Ellestrom proposes a model for pinpointing the most vital conceptual entities and stages in intermedial transfers involving different media types such as speech, writing, music, films, and websites. Why are some kinds of information and qualities possible to transfer from one medium to another type of medium, whereas others resist intermedial transfer? This basic question guides the investigations in Media Transformation of communicative phenomena that are in a way self-evident and yet highly complex and difficult to explain. The book is a methodical study of the material and mental limit and possibilities of transferring information and media characteristics among dissimilar media. Whereas media such as speech, gestures, writing, music, films, and websites are clearly different, they also have common traits that enable systematic comparison. Ellestrom proposes a theoretical model for pinpointing the most vital conceptual entities and stages of intermedial transfers and illustrates how the model can be used in practical analysis "Why are some kinds of information and qualities possible to transfer from one medium to another type of medium, whereas others resist intermedial transfer? This basic question guides the investigations in Media Transformation of communicative phenomena that are in a way self-evident and yet highly complex and difficult to explain. The book is a methodical study of the material and mental limit and possibilities of transferring information and media characteristics among dissimilar media. Whereas media such as speech, gestures, writing, music, films, and websites are clearly different, they also have common traits that enable systematic comparison. Elleström proposes a theoretical model for pinpointing the most vital conceptual entities and stages of intermedial transfers and illustrates how the model can be used in practical analysis"-- Provided by publisher This is a methodical study of the material, mental limit and possibilities of transferring information and media characteristics among dissimilar media. Ellestrom proposes a model for pinpointing the most vital conceptual entities and stages in intermedial transfers with different media that have common traits that enable systematic comparison. This is a methodical study of the material and mental limits and possibilities of transferring information and media traits among dissimilar media. Ellestroem proposes a model for pinpointing the most vital conceptual entities and stages in intermedial transfers involving different media types such as speech, writing, music, films, and websites. Front Matter....Pages i-viii Introduction....Pages 1-10 Two Types of Media Transformation....Pages 11-35 The Transmedial Basis....Pages 36-45 A Model for Media Transformation....Pages 46-61 Three Analyses....Pages 62-85 Conclusion....Pages 86-94 Back Matter....Pages 95-104