Media Theory and Modernity

C readings

These readings provide background information for the A-level readings. Optional for the first eight sessions, though they will help if you can find time for them.

  1. Finger, Anke K., Rainer Guldin, and Gustavo Bernardo. Vilém Flusser: An Introduction. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2011. Print. Electronic Mediations.
  2. Godzich, Wlad. “Friedrich Kittler (1943–2011).” boundary 2 39.3 (2012): 1–5. Web. Link (remote) →
  3. Innis, Harold Adams. The Idea File of Harold Adams Innis. Ed. by William Christian. Toronto and Buffalo: University of Toronto Press, 1980. Print. Link (local PDF) ↬
  4. Khayyat, E. “The Humility of Thought: An Interview with Friedrich A. Kittler.” boundary 2 39.3 (2012): 7–27. Web. Link (remote) →
  5. Roth, Nancy. “Visual Consciousness: The Impact of New Media on Literate Culture.” Handbook of Visual Culture. Ed. by Ian Heywood and Barry Sandywell. London: Berg, 2012. 326–341. Print. Link (local PDF) ↬
  6. Stamps, Judith. “Innis: Communications And The Negative Dialogue.” Unthinking Modernity: Innis, Mcluhan, And The Frankfurt School. Montreal and Buffalo: McGill-Queen’s University Press, 1995. 65–96. Print. Link (local PDF) ↬
  7. ---. “Innis’s Formative Years And a Negative Political Economy.” Unthinking Modernity: Innis, Mcluhan, And The Frankfurt School. Montreal and Buffalo: McGill-Queen’s University Press, 1995. 41–64. Print. Link (local PDF) ↬
  8. ---. “From Visual Society to No Point of View.” Unthinking Modernity: Innis, Mcluhan, And The Frankfurt School. Montreal and Buffalo: McGill-Queen’s University Press, 1995. 122–150. Print. Link (local PDF) ↬
  9. ---. “McLuhan’s Early Years And Philosophical Framework.” Unthinking Modernity: Innis, Mcluhan, And The Frankfurt School. Montreal and Buffalo: McGill-Queen’s University Press, 1995. 97–121. Print. Link (local PDF) ↬
  10. Watson, Alexander John. “Introduction: The Innisian Puzzle.” Marginal Man: The Dark Vision of Harold Innis. Toronto and Buffalo: University of Toronto Press, 2006. 3–23. Print. Link (local PDF) ↬
  11. ---. “Epilogue.” Marginal Man: The Dark Vision of Harold Innis. Toronto and Buffalo: University of Toronto Press, 2006. 417–429. Print. Link (local PDF) ↬
  12. ---. “A Telegram to Australia: Innis’s Working Methods.” Marginal Man: The Dark Vision of Harold Innis. Toronto and Buffalo: University of Toronto Press, 2006. 256–284. Print. Link (local PDF) ↬
  13. ---. “Time, Space, And The Oral Tradition: Towards a Theory of Consciousness.” Marginal Man: The Dark Vision of Harold Innis. Toronto and Buffalo: University of Toronto Press, 2006. 320–365. Print. Link (local PDF) ↬
  14. ---. “Innis And The Classicists: Imperial Balance And Social-Science Objectivity.” Marginal Man: The Dark Vision of Harold Innis. Toronto and Buffalo: University of Toronto Press, 2006. 285–319. Print. Link (local PDF) ↬
  15. ---. “At The Edge of The Precipice: The Mechanization of The Vernacular And Cultural Collapse.” Marginal Man: The Dark Vision of Harold Innis. Toronto and Buffalo: University of Toronto Press, 2006. 366–394. Print. Link (local PDF) ↬
  16. Willmott, Glenn. McLuhan, Or Modernism in Reverse. Toronto and Buffalo: University of Toronto Press, 1996. Print. Link (local PDF) ↬
  17. van Meer, Elisabeth. “Text, Image, Flusser.” Technology and Culture 53.4 (2012): 913–917. Web. Link (remote) →