KittlerandtheMedia

WithbookssuchasDiscourseNetworksandGramophone,Film,TypewriterandthecollectionLiterature,Media,InformationSystems,FriedrichKittlerhasestablishedhimselfasoneoftheworld′smostinfluentialmediatheorists.Heisalsooneofthemostcontroversialandmisunderstood.KittlerandtheMediaoffersstudentsofmediatheoryanintroductiontoKittler′sbasicideas.FollowinganintroductionthatsituatesKittler′sworkagainstthetumultuousbackgroundofGerman20th–centuryhistory(fromtheSecondWorldWarandtheculturalupheavalofthelate1960storeunification),thebookprovidessuccinctsummariesofKittler′searlydiscourse–analyticalworkinspiredbyFrenchpost–structuralism,hismedia–relatedtheorisingandhismostrecentwritingsonculturaltechniquesandthenotationsystemsofAncientGreece.Thisclearandengagingoverviewofafascinatingtheoristwillbewelcomedbystudentsandscholarsalikeofmedia,communicationandculturalstudies.