This book introduces an archaeological approach to the study of media - one that sifts through the evidence to learn how media were written about, used, designed, preserved, and sometimes discarded. Edited by Erkki Huhtamo and Jussi Parikka, with contributions from internationally prominent scholars from Europe, North America, and Japan, the essays help us understand how the media that predate today’s interactive, digital forms were in their time contested, adopted and embedded in the everyday. Providing a broad overview of the many historical and theoretical facets of Media Archaeology as an emerging field, the book encourages discussion by presenting a full range of different voices. By revisiting ‘old’ or even ‘dead’ media, it provides a richer horizon for understanding ‘new’ media in their complex and often contradictory roles in contemporary society and culture.

本书介绍了一种研究媒体的考古学方法--它通过筛选证据来了解媒体是如何被书写、使用、设计、保存，有时甚至被抛弃。本书由Erkki Huhtamo和Jussi Parikka编辑，由来自欧洲、北美和日本的国际知名学者撰写，这些文章帮助我们了解在今天的互动、数字形式之前的媒体是如何在他们的时代被争论、采用和嵌入日常生活的。本书对作为一个新兴领域的媒体考古学的许多历史和理论方面提供了一个广泛的概述，并通过呈现各种不同的声音来鼓励讨论。通过重新审视 "旧 "甚至 "死 "的媒体，它为理解 "新 "媒体在当代社会和文化中复杂且经常是矛盾的角色提供了一个更丰富的视野。