Residual media
Residual media refers to media that are not
, etc.History
Residual media was first defined in the edited collection Residual Media by
Remediation (Marxist theory)
.
Examples
- The Vinyl revival – Since 2006, sales of vinyl records, a form of residual media, have been rising while the sales of CDs, new media, have been dropping. In 2012, vinyl sales in the United States went up 17.7%, while CD sales dropped 13.5%; in the United Kingdom vinyl sales jumped 15.3%, while CD sales dropped 20%.[3] Digital downloads are still the most utilized method of purchasing music, but vinyl records remain culturally relevant.
- Skeuomorphs in popular culture)
See also
- Affordance
- Cultural materialism (cultural studies)
- Media intelligence
- New media
- Old media
- Remediation (Marxist theory)
- Skeuomorph
References
- ^ Acland, Charles R. Residual Media (Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2007), Backcover.
- ^ a b Williams, Raymond. "Base and Superstructure in Marxist Cultural Theory." Problems in Materialism and Culture (New York: Verso, 1973/1980), 41
- ^ Digital Trends - The Turntable Strikes Back
- ISBN 0-521-29681-1.