Vol./No. 4/2

Tony D. Sampson: Neosomnambulism

Abstract Drawing on Deleuze and Guattari’s (1994) methodology developed in their swansong, What is Philosophy?, this…
The Underground Division: Figurations of Timely Extraction

Abstract During recent years, geocomputation has become increasingly entangled with so-called 4D visualization. The contemporary infrastructure…
Nishat Awan: Horizonless Worlds

Abstract Through discussing the persistent present of displacement the essay argues that a politics of…
Chris Ingraham: Present as Platform

Abstract Recent interest in platform studies has called attention to the ways technologies both afford and…
Ella Harris: Interactive Documentary

Abstract Interactive documentary is a non-linear digital form of documentary that allows users numerous pathways through…
Rebecca Coleman: Refresh

Abstract This paper explores the often unremarkable and unremarked upon activity of the refreshing of digital…
Liu Xin: Im/possible Boredom

Abstract Mobile games downloads have witnessed a surge during the covid-19 lockdown. Gaming is said to…
Susanna Paasonen: Distracted Present, Golden Past?

Abstract According to diverse recurrent cultural diagnoses, networked media is atrophying our affective, cognitive and somatic…
Rebecca Coleman & Susanna Paasonen: Mediating Presents (Introduction)

Abstract This introduction to a special issue of Media Theory on Mediating Presents contextualises the thematic…
Media Theory 4.2 – Out Now!

The new issue of Media Theory (4.2) is now available. The issue is on the theme…