Big Screens, Small Forms: Visual Varieties in Digital Media Culture

We are witnessing an era with more screens than ever before, and within
each screen, a multitude of visual varieties. Lisa Gotto investigates
this medial diversity as a field of tension between large and small
forms of digital image culture. This includes, on the one hand, the
immersive potential of large image arrangements, such as digital 3D
cinema, and, on the other hand, the compactness of mobile image forms,
such as those of the smartphone film or the media practices of
Instagram. Weaving together a rich variety of examples and sources, this
book presents a multifaceted collection of essays that explore the
transformational potential of digital media culture, contextualize its
media-technical conditions, and reflect on its social consequences.