ECONOMIC MEDIA GROUP

The economic media group looks at the interplay among economics, media, and information technology. While much of the current excitement about cryptocurrencies is making finance more democratic by "decentralizing finance," this usually means redistributing the profits of centralized institutions (e.g., banks) to the public. However, these proposals presuppose the maximization of monetary value, which often clashes with other qualitative values such as environmental well-being. How can we create holding environments that nurture alternative qualitative values before they are caught up in monetary quantization? The economic media group investigates the social implications of the new information and media technologies through a reframing of issues around affect, volatility, risk, resonance, and uncertainty.

ABOUT

MEMBERS

  • Jonathan Beller

    Professor of Humanities and Media Studies and Critical and Visual Studies
    Pratt Institute

  • Dick Bryan

    Professor Emeritus of Political Economy
    University of Sydney

  • Benjamin Lee

    Executive Vice-President
    Center for Transcultural Studies

    Professor of Anthropology and Philosophy
    The New School for Social Research

  • Erin Manning

    Professor of Studio Arts and Cinema
    Concordia University

  • Brian Massumi

    Professor of Communication Emeritus
    Université de Montreal

  • Robert Meister

    Professor of Social and Political Thought, Department of the History of Consciousness
    University of California, Santa Cruz