MEDIA IMAGINARIES

How does media shape ways of being in the world? This collection explores media imaginaries as a tool for reflection. 

Media imaginaries are shapeshifters. The term refers to the cultural and infrastructural work of texts and artifacts, audience engagement and experiences, and commercial and civic organizations. The authors in this volume empirically and conceptually examine media imaginaries in all their diversity, providing space for dialogue on themes of political-social imaginaries, cultural-technological imaginaries, and reflecting imaginaries.

The volume explores how media affects both real and imagined experiences, examining the interplay of media practice, culture, and imagination across past, present, and future contexts. It highlights the impact of AI-enabled content and media ecologies on everyday life globally, offering fresh insights for media and cultural studies. 

Annette Hill is professor of media and communications at Jönköping University, Sweden. 

Joke Hermes holds the Erik de Vries chair at the University of Amsterdam, and she is professor of inclusion and creative industries at Inholland University, Netherlands. 

Simon Dawes is a senior lecturer at Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, France.