Mobile screens : : the visual regime of navigation / / Nanna Verhoeff.

• Superior document: MediaMatters
• VerfasserIn: Verhoeff, Nanna,
• Place / Publishing House: Amsterdam : : Amsterdam University Press,, 2012.
• Year of Publication: 2012
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: MediaMatters.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (212 pages) :; digital, PDF file(s).
• Notes: Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 29 Jan 2021).

Our interactions with screens have changed profoundly over the past several decades - from the development of mobile devices to the continued importance of digital technology, the intersection of mobility and visuality is a fascinating and timely subject for study. Looking at the cultural practices that ground our relationship with screens, Nanna Verhoeff offers a historical and comparative approach to screen-based media and digital culture. This smart, sharp addition to the field of media studies focuses on the innovation and transformation of mobile, urban, and location-based screens. An important work for scholars who study technology, geography, and art, Mobile Screens offers a powerful look at the emergent visual culture of navigation and the way in which we engage with screens as part of our spatial, temporal, and tangible experiences of the world.

Table of Contents

1. Panoramic complex : Building visions ; Panoramic desire ; Movement in the panorama ; Modes of viewing ; The gaze in motion ; A panoramic complex ; The windshield as screen -- 2. Self-reflection : The point of self-reflection ; Meanings of the screen ; Spatial attractions and visual deixis ; Navigating the screen ; Navigation as narration ; Boundary-crossings -- 3. Theoretical consoles : The status of the gadget: the case of Nintendo DS ; Portrait of the gadget as theoretical console ; Touch screen: dirty window ; Mobile screen: carrying, sharing, transporting ; Double screen: split, insert map ; Gadgetivity -- 4. Urban screens : Places of transit ; Screenspace ; Urban transformation ; Screen practices ; Installation ; Programming hybridity ; Responsive presence -- 5. Performative cartography : Mobile dispositif ; Contesting cartography ; Performative cartography ; Cartographic interface ; Tagging, plotting, stitching ; Layering in augmented reality ; Haptic engagement -- Epilogue : You are here!