“Mediation and Remediation”

1. “Mediation and Remediation” July 7, 2011

2. “Hypermediacy and transparent media are opposite manifestations of the same desire: the desire to get past the limits of representation and to achieve the real” (53).

3. The Paradoxes of Remediation “. . .that hypermedia could ever be thought of as achieving the unmediated” (53).

4. The Paradoxes of Remediation “Transparent digital technologies always end up being remediations, even as, indeed precisely because, they appear to deny mediation” (55).

5. The “Double Logic” of Remediation can be restated in different ways:

6. The “Double Logic” of Remediation can be restated in different ways: • Remediation as the mediation of mediation

7. The “Double Logic” of Remediation can be restated in different ways: • Remediation as the mediation of mediation • Remediation as the inseparability of mediation and reality

8. The “Double Logic” of Remediation can be restated in different ways: • Remediation as the mediation of mediation • Remediation as the inseparability of mediation and reality • Remediation as reform

9. The “Double Logic” of Remediation can be restated in different ways: You will be assigned a group and each group will: • summarize one of these three “restatements” of the double logic of remediation • connect your summary to our reading of Walter Ong Each group will then create a collaborative blog post of your findings using images, video, and links to refashion your text.

10. “Mediation and Remediation” July 7, 2011