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Part I: Theory
“Immediacy,
Hypermediacy, and
Remediation”
July 5, 2011
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Immediacy
Definition?
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Immediacy
Bolter and Grusin
define it as the
promise of
“experience
without
mediation”(23)
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Hypermediacy
Definition?
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Hypermediacy
Bolter and Grusin
explain that “the
logic of
hypermediacy
acknowledges
multiple acts of
representation
and makes them
visible”(33-34).
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Remediation
Definition?
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Remediation
Bolter and Grusin
define it as “the
representation of
one medium in
another” or as a
kind of
“refashioning” of
a medium (45).
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“Immediacy, Hypermediacy, and Remediation”
Keywords
Each pair will receive two keyword cards. Fully
define these keywords as they are discussed in this
chapter. Then describe how they connect to
Immediacy, and/or Hypermediacy, and/or
Remediation in a way that demonstrates your
understanding of these central terms. In addition,
find a visual example of how the term works and
post your findings on the blog. Be sure to include all
group members’ names in the post. After that, each
group will present their blog post to the group.
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“Immediacy, Hypermediacy, and Remediation”
Remediation Mapping
Each group will be given an
artifact. Your job, as a group, is to
uncover the types of media each
artifact might be remediating—
push yourselves to come up with
as many possibilities as you can,
using your book as a resource.
Tell us, also, if it represents
hypermediacy or immediacy
and why you think so. Post your
findings on the blog including
the link to your artifact.
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“Immediacy, Hypermediacy, and Remediation”
Editor’s Notebook
As readers and editors of this
book, what feedback do you
have on this chapter?
What works? What doesn’t? What
needs to be updated? What
needs to go? Take a few minutes
to write down your thoughts/flip
through the chapter again and
we’ll discuss your ideas
together.