Contextual Media Research Articles

Hypermediated telepresence: Sensemaking aesthetics of the newest communication art

Using the theoretical perspective and method of contextual media aesthetics, this work synthesizes and proposes a coherent set of aesthetic principles of particular relevance to understanding and investigating the sensory world created by hypermedia expressions. It advocates application of these principles in criticism and theory of hypermedia. In isolating six perceptual qualities as formal features of this medium, it discusses their sensemaking functions in terms of creating a sense of presence or immersion in a mediated environment.

Review: Contextual Media: Multimedia and Interpretation

Review: Contextual Media: Multimedia and Interpretation

Contextual Media Aesthetics as the Basis for Media Literacy

The essay is an attempt to build a theoretical base that will help us understand what media literacy is and how it functions. The major argument is that contextual media aesthetics is the necessary foundation of media literacy and that we need to know how the basic aesthetic building blocks are used to create and shape our cognitive and affective mental maps. The media literacy model proffered here attempts to show the hierarchical relationship of four levels: (a) the basic aesthetic image elements and their aesthetic fields, (b) how they are structured for specific purposes, how we perceive them and how they affect us, and (d) how they fit into the various intellectual and cultural frameworks for media analysis.

Contextual media aesthetics as the basis for media literacy

Contextual media aesthetics as the basis for media literacy

Contextual media: Multimedia and interpretation

Contextual media: Multimedia and interpretation

Contextual Media: Multimedia and Interpretation

Contextual Media: Multimedia and Interpretation