Mediologist

The mediologist busies himself with the forms of media like Marcel Proust with his petites madeleines, or Sigmund Freud with his slips.

What mediology wishes to bring to light is the way in which something serves as a medium, and the often unperceived complexities that go with it, looking back over the long term (from the birth of writing) without being overly concerned with present-day media (even if certain mediologists are prepared to consider these).

For a mediologist to base his choice (parametrically, he might argue) on the most basic, mechanical attributes of the photograph (nimble and spontaneous) appears ill thought-out, irresponsible even, given his call on the following page for a 'critical spirit in the face of audiovisual bombardment'.