Domestication of Media and Technology Receive

Domestication of Media and Technology
By:Thomas Berker
Published on 2005-11-01 by McGraw-Hill Education (UK)

This text provides an overview of a key concept in media and technology studies, that is domestication. It includes theories around domestication, that shed light upon the process, in which a technology changes its status, from outrageous novelty to an aspect of everyday life, which is taken for granted.

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