The media device: from the Foucauldian concept to the application in communication studies

In this article, we return to the concept of Michel Foucault’s device and we seek to apply it to communication studies. Therefore, we made a bibliographic review of Foucault and his commentators: Agamben, and Deleuze. After that, we compared the contributions of researchers in the field of communica...

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Authors: Sousa, Marco Túlio de, Carvalho, Carlos Alberto de
Format: article
Status:Published version
Publication Date:2018
Country:Colombia
Institution:Universidad de Medellín
Repository:Repositorio UDEM
Language:Portuguese
OAI Identifier:oai:repository.udem.edu.co:11407/5395
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/11407/5395
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:Deleuze
Device
Media device
Foucault
Media
Dispositivo
Dispositivo Midiático
Mídia
Dispositivo Mediático
Medios
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Summary:In this article, we return to the concept of Michel Foucault’s device and we seek to apply it to communication studies. Therefore, we made a bibliographic review of Foucault and his commentators: Agamben, and Deleuze. After that, we compared the contributions of researchers in the field of communication who also use the term “device”, whether based on the Foucauldian approach or on other perspectives. From this journey, our contribution is presented here, in which we seek to align Foucault's perspective to the specificities of the media as an object of study.