Jonathan E. Abel, "The New Real: Media and Mimesis in Japan from Stereographs to Emoji" (U of Minnesota Press, 2023)
New Books in Communications
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The New Real Media and Mimesis
This is a really ambitious book. I want to sort of jump jump into it, make sure we have plenty of times talk about it. You know, and ambitious in this sense, not just sort of theoretically, but also in the scope of what you're doing. These are obviously Japan based case studies that rooted in Japan, but specifically they're really keen in on this idea of new media,. The new real media and mimesis. So with that in mind, I'd like it if we could start by asking you to unpack the following quote, which is in your introduction. And we are ready for yet another next new thing. The new real arrives.
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