Theorising Media and Time

Digital media perpetuates every aspect of our lives, including our temporal perceptions. Time and attention have become one of the most precious resources, for users as well as corporate business. This book sheds light on these critical connections and how they influence not only our daily lives, but also how they exist in emerging power structures. It brings advances in the anthropological thinking about time into conversation with theorisations of media to develop an understanding of how media and time affect each other while keeping human experiences at the heart of the conversation.

Birgit Bräuchler is Associate Professor at the Department of Anthropology, University of Copenhagen. Her research interests include media and digital anthropology; conflict and peace studies; environmental anthropology; activism and brokerage. She is the author and editor of numerous books, including Cyberidentities at War (2005, Transcript), Theorising Media and Practice (2010, Berghahn),The Cultural Dimension of Peace (2015, Palgrave), and Theorising Media and Conflict (2020, Berghahn).