Jonathan E. Abel, "The New Real: Media and Mimesis in Japan from Stereographs to Emoji" (U of Minnesota Press, 2023)
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Jonathan Abel is the author of The New Real Media and Mimesis in Japan from stereographs to Emoji. He describes this new real as the phase when the newer, better, faster, more realistic media of marketing hype becomes absorbed into society's daily life. His book uses diverse case studies from over a century of modern Japanese history including stereoscopic photographs, the phonograph, television, video games, even emoji. Nathan Hopson: Tell us how you got interested in the project that became this book, The New Real.
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