What is not a medium?

Media studies as philosophical anthropology

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15448/1980-3729.2021.1.41185

Keywords:

Intellectual history, Communication theory, Media theory

Abstract

Interview with North American thinker John Durham Peters, presenting his theoretical contribution to media and communication studies.

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Author Biographies

John Durham Peters, Yale University, New Haven, CT, Estados Unidos.

Professor do Film and Media Studies Program na Yale University, em New Haven, Connecticut, Estados Unidos. Lecionou por 30 anos em Iowa, além de ter sido professor visitante na Freie Universität Berlin, Universitetet i Oslo, Universidad de Navarra, entre outras instituições.

Otávio Daros, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS, Brasil.

Doutorando do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Comunicação Social na Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul, em Porto Alegre, RS, Brasil. Membro do laboratório Kommunikationsgeschichte und Medienwandel, na Universität Bremen.

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CMIEL, Kenneth; PETERS, John D. Promiscuous knowledge: information, image, and other truth games in history. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2020.

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MCLUHAN, Marshall. Understanding media: the extensions of man. Nova York: McGraw-Hill, 1964.

PETERS, John D. Afterword: doctors of philosophy. In: HANNAN, Jason. Philosophical profiles in the theory of

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PETERS, John D. Institutional opportunities for intellectual history in communication studies. In: PARK, David W.; POOLEY, Jefferson. The history of media and communication research: contested memories. Nova York: Peter Lang, 2008. p. 143-162.

PETERS, John D. Institutional sources of intellectual poverty in communication research. Communication Research, v. 13, n. 4, p. 527-559, 1986. https://doi.org/10.1177/009365086013004002

PETERS, John D. Speaking into the air: a history of the idea of communication. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1999.

PETERS, John D. The marvelous clouds: toward a philosophy of elemental media. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2015.

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Published

2021-09-03

How to Cite

Peters, J. D., & Daros, O. (2021). What is not a medium? Media studies as philosophical anthropology. Revista FAMECOS, 28(1), e41185. https://doi.org/10.15448/1980-3729.2021.1.41185

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Vol. 28 No. 1 (2021): Single Volume

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Interview

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