Premediation: Affect and Mediality After 9/11

by Richard Grusin

In an era of heightened securitization, print, televisual and networked media have become obsessed with the 'pre-mediation' of future events. In response to the shock of 9/11, socially networked US and global media worked to pre-mediate collective affects of anticipation and connectivity, while also perpetuating low levels of apprehension or fear.

196 pages, Paperback

Published January 1, 1703

About the author

Richard Grusin is Professor of English at University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee. His research fields include: media, cinema, history of representation, as well as the environmental, cultural, and American studies.