Indirect light: extracted from Polar Inertia
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The spread of real-time reality via video technology is discussed. Topics include the evolution of the screening room into the control room, the indirect light created by television and fiber optics, and the physical non-separability of the near and the distant created by technology.
Publication Name: Theory, Culture & Society
Subject: Social sciences
ISSN: 0263-2764
Year: 1999
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Blinded by the (speed of) light
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Paul Virilio's examination of the transforming capacity of speed and media transmission on the popular conception of time and space is examined. Topics include the undermining of geographic distance by electronic media and the popular desire for 'tele-presence.'
Publication Name: Theory, Culture & Society
Subject: Social sciences
ISSN: 0263-2764
Year: 1999
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The conceptual cosmology of Paul Virgilio
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The author describes Paul Virgilio's dark vision of the impact of global technology and media presence on modern society. Seeming contradictions in Virgilio's belief that the new technology will subvert democratic systems are explored.
Publication Name: Theory, Culture & Society
Subject: Social sciences
ISSN: 0263-2764
Year: 1999
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