Critical media theory: Chun, Galloway, Wark
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Alexander R. Galloway, Critical Media Theory, McKenzie Wark, Wendy Hui Kyong ChunAbstract
We performed a presentation of the critical theory of the media (North American, emerged from the 2000s) present in the authors Wendy Hui Kyong Chun, Alexander R. Galloway and McKenzie Wark. We distinguish three key themes, software, networks and classes, which engender a compilation of texts (articles and book chapters). From this, we outline the themes, questions, contexts and central theses raised by the authors, as well as make explicit, in final considerations, the scopes of their media archaeologies, which foment their critical theories.
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