{"product_id":"prison-media-incarceration-and-the-infrastructures-of-work-and-technology-9780262545495","title":"Prison Media: Incarceration and the Infrastructures of Work and Technology","description":"\u003cb\u003eHow prisoners serve as media laborers, while the prison serves as a testing ground for new media technologies.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePrisons are not typically known for cutting-edge media technologies. Yet from photography in the nineteenth century to AI-enhanced tracking cameras today, there is a long history of prisons being used as a testing ground for technologies that are later adopted by the general public. If we recognize the prison as a central site for the development of media technologies, how might that change our understanding of both media systems and carceral systems? \u003ci\u003ePrison Media \u003c\/i\u003eforegrounds the ways in which the prison is a model space for the control and transmission of information, a place where media is produced, and a medium in its own right.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eExamining the relationship between media and prison architecture, as surveillance and communication technologies are literally built into the facilities, this study also considers the ways in which prisoners themselves often do hard labor as media workers--labor that contributes in direct and indirect ways to the latest technologies developed and sold by multinational corporations like Amazon. There is a fine line between ankle monitors and Fitbits, and \u003ci\u003ePrison Media \u003c\/i\u003ehelps us make sense of today's carceral society.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-9420479\"\u003eAnne Kaun\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-15573075\"\u003eFredrik Stiernstedt\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e MIT Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/09\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 5.91w x 0.55d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780262545495\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0262545497\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-SOC\"\u003eSocial Science\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-SOC052000\"\u003eMedia Studies\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-SOC\"\u003eSocial Science\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-SOC004000\"\u003eCriminology\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-SOC\"\u003eSocial Science\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-SOC071000\"\u003eTechnology Studies\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnne Kaun is Professor of Media and Communication Studies at Södertörn University in Stockholm. Her research on such topics as mediated temporalities and algorithmic culture has appeared in numerous journals, including \u003ci\u003eConvergence\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eInformation\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eCommunication \u0026amp; Society\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eNew Media \u0026amp; Society\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFredrik Stiernstedt is Associate Professor of Media and Communication Studies at Södertörn University in Stockholm. His research on media and the labor market and the relationship between social class and media has appeared in such journals as \u003ci\u003eConvergence\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eEuropean Journal of Communication\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eMedia, Culture \u0026amp; Society\u003c\/i\u003e.","brand":"MIT Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44570299334893,"sku":"9780262545495","price":58.33,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_0f2c131d-54b2-432e-bf03-6fb11e054365.jpg?v=1701934364","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/prison-media-incarceration-and-the-infrastructures-of-work-and-technology-9780262545495","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}