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Book SynopsisBeyond New Media: Discourse and Critique in a Polymediated Age examines a host of differing positions on media in order to explore how those positions can inform one another and build a basis for future engagements with media theory, research, and practice. Herbig, Herrmann, and Tyma have brought together a number of media scholars with differing paradigmatic backgrounds to debate the relative applicability of existing theories and in doing so develop a new approach: polymediation. Each contributor's disciplinary background is diverse, spanning interpersonal communication, media studies, organizational communication, instructional design, rhetoric, mass communication, gender studies, popular culture studies, informatics, and persuasion. Although each of these scholars brings with them a unique perspective on media's role in people's lives, what binds them together is the belief that meaningful discourse about media must be an ongoing conversation that is open to critique and revision i
Trade ReviewBeyond New Media makes a noteworthy contribution to the study of communication and media. It is a conversational, exploratory, and accessible text that offers wise insights into/about contemporary media use. It is an important resource for researchers interested in technology, social media, and interaction, as well as an ideal text to use in courses covering these areas. * Iowa Journal of Communication *
Herbig, Herrmann, Tyma, and their colleagues provide a text that reaches through dualistic and reductivist interpretations of “new” media and into a world of fragmented streams of communication structured by multiple discourses—polymediation. The framework of polymediation provides an overarching perspective to tie together diverse scholarly pursuits. The authors have created a touchstone for both future research and practical applications by providing a deep interrogation of the historical and critical roots of polymedia while maintaining accessibility for the reader. In addition, through the reproduction of mediated conversations between themselves, the authors open up a window into the mundane processes that lead to stimulating theoretical breakthroughs. -- Breanna McEwan, Western Illinois University
Table of ContentsIntroduction: The Beginnings: #WeNeedaWord, Adam W. Tyma, Andrew F. Herrmann, and Art Herbig Chapter 1: I am you and you are we and we are all…me? Understanding Media and/as Context (The Road to Polymediation), Adam W. Tyma Chapter 2: Polymediation: The Relationship between Self and Media, Michelle Calka Chapter 3: Rhetoric and Polymediation: Using Fragments to Understand the Relationship between “Text” and Discourse, Art Herbig Chapter 4: Communicating, Sensemaking and (Dis)Organizing: An Existential Phenomenological Framework for Polymediating, Andrew F. Herrmann Chapter 5: Ipsedixitism, Ipseity, and Ipsilateral Identity: The Fear of Finding Ourselves in Catfish, Jimmie Manning Chapter 6: Polyreality, Robert Andrew Dunn Chapter 7: Hashtagging Feminism: Tetradic Polymediated Activism, Danielle M. Stern and Chelsea Henderson Chapter 8: Technology as Engagement: How We Learn and Teach while Polymediating the Classroom, Katherine J. Denker, Andrew F. Herrmann, and Michael D. D. Willits Conclusion: Concluding a Book and Opening a Discourse, Art Herbig, Andrew F. Herrmann, and Adam W. Tyma
