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class="ContentPasted0">The Department of Media, Communications
and Cultural Studies at Goldsmiths have the pleasure of inviting
you to the launch of our book,
</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"
class="ContentPasted0"><i class="ContentPasted0">The Future of
Media</i></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica,
sans-serif;" class="ContentPasted0">, co-edited by us and Joanna
Zylinska, and published by Goldsmiths Press. The event takes
place at <b>5pm on Thursday 27 October
</b>and will start with a roundtable discussion on the future of
media, featuring many of the contributors to the book, who
include Daisy Asquith, Lisa Blackman, Clea Bourne, NG Bristow,
James Burton, Sarah Cefai, Sue Clayton, Sean Cubitt, James
Curran, Natalie Fenton, Des Freedman, Gholam Khiabany, Sandra
van Lente, Richard MacDonald, Mirca Madianou, Mathapelo
Mofokeng, David Morley, Anamik Saha, Richard Shannon, Daniel
Strutt, Milly Williamson and the book’s co-editor Joanna
Zylinska.</span><span
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"
class="ContentPasted0">How do we combat post-truth in the news?
Are social media influencers the journalists of today? What is
it like to live in a smart city? Does AI really change
‘everything’?
</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"
class="ContentPasted0"><i class="ContentPasted0">The Future of
Media</i></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica,
sans-serif;" class="ContentPasted0"> investigates the future of
media industries and technologies (journalism, TV, film,
photography, radio, publishing, social media), while exploring
how media shape our future – on a political, economic, cultural
and individual level. Issues of diversity, media reform, labour,
activism and art take the discussion into a wider social
context. Through this, the book celebrates the importance and
vitality of media in the modern world. </span><span
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class="ContentPasted0"><i class="ContentPasted0">The Future of
Media</i></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica,
sans-serif;" class="ContentPasted0"> is also an experiment in
collaborative modes of thinking and working. Co-authored by
theorists and practitioners from one of the world’s most
established media departments and their collaborators, it offers
a radical, creative and critical take on media industries – and
on world affairs.
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"
class="ContentPasted0">An open-access version of the book can be
downloaded from the GRO repository [click on the download
button]:</span><span
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<a href="https://research.gold.ac.uk/id/eprint/31658/"
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Helvetica, sans-serif;">https://research.gold.ac.uk/id/eprint/31658/</span></a><span
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"
class="ContentPasted0">If you like the book, we hope you will be
able to support Goldsmiths Press by ordering a paper copy for
yourself and/or your library, via their distributor, MIT Press:</span><span
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"
class="ContentPasted0">The book also has a companion website,
featuring practice works engaging with the future of media:
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<a href="https://www.golddust.org.uk/futureofmedia"
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Helvetica, sans-serif;">https://www.golddust.org.uk/futureofmedia</span></a><span
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Joanna Zylinska
Professor of Media Philosophy + Critical Digital Practice
King's College London
Department of Digital Humanities
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.joannazylinska.net">http://www.joannazylinska.net</a>
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