Transitive Media [Philosophy]

Think(er)ing Technologies in Real-Time

By (author) Wolfgang Ernst

Book cover: Transitive Media [Philosophy]

Extent: 116 pages

Publisher: University of Exeter Press

Subjects: Communications, Film, & Media Studies, Philosophy, Technical Sciences: Computer Science, Engineering, IT, & Math

Series: Exeter Concepts in Media Thinking

Language: English

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(March 2026)

ISBN: 9781804132326

6.14 x 9.21 inches

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With the pervasive digitalization of communication and information devices in society, actual technologies are increasingly disappearing behind their user-oriented surfaces and manifest content. This book argues for a media engagement that instead stays close to the mechanism and becomes conscious of its knowledge value in real time.

With the pervasive digitalization of communication and information devices in society, and with the increasing supremacy of software that dissimulates its physical medium, actual technologies are increasingly disappearing behind their user-oriented surfaces and manifest content. The more human users are superficially in touch with such devices, the more their technical essence recedes into an almost non-intelligible sphere, culminating in the hidden layers of neuronal nets in Artificial Intelligence.

Prelude: Philosophizing in the Presence of Media Technology ‘on Stage’
1. From Beyond: Transitive Media Insight
2. From Within Technology: Signal Transduction
3. Concrete Scenarios: Moments of Media-Epistemic Flashes
4. Critical Outlook: Borderlines of Transitive Media Philosophy
Epilogue: Media-Active Philosophy

Bibliography
Index

“Wolfgang Ernst was full professor for Media Theories at Humboldt University in Berlin until his retirement in autumn 2024, where he founded the seminar for Media Science. He received his doctorate in history, then focused on media studies and cultural studies. Since his research turn towards media archaeology, he has devoted his writings and teaching primarily to theories of the archive, media temporalities and sonic media processes. He is currently exploring the intra-technical technologos of cultural knowledge.

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