{"product_id":"phase-media-james-ash-9781501353888","title":"Phase Media: Space, Time and the Politics of Smart Objects","description":"In \u003ci\u003ePhase Media\u003c\/i\u003e, James Ash theorizes how smart objects, understood as Internet-connected and sensor-enabled devices, are altering users' experience of their environment. Rather than networks connected by lines of transmission, smart objects generate phases, understood as space-times that modulate the spatio-temporal intelligibility of both humans and non-humans. Examining a range of objects and services from the Apple Watch to Nest Cam to Uber, Ash suggests that the modulation of spatio-temporal intelligibility is partly shaped by the commercial logics of the industries that design and manufacture smart objects, but can also exceed them. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eDrawing upon the work of Martin Heidegger, Gilbert Simondon and Bruno Latour, Ash argues that smart objects have their own phase politics, which offer opportunities for new forms of public to emerge. \u003ci\u003ePhase Media\u003c\/i\u003e develops a conceptual vocabulary to contend that smart objects do more than just enabling a world of increased corporate control and surveillance, as they also provide the tools to expose and re-order the very logics and procedures that created them.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e James Ash\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1501353888\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781501353888\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Publishing PLC\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/22\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.67lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.47d","brand":"James Ash","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44450340995327,"sku":"9781501353888","price":46.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_ef9c1fe2-b265-4844-a309-c4a5898e9f02.jpg?v=1698504248","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/phase-media-james-ash-9781501353888","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}