Mediologist

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

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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).

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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'.

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