This blog is a resource for an exciting and ever-expanding project - a Haptic Media Studies. Resources of use to researchers such as current publications and historical sources will be added over time.

This blog is a resource for an exciting and ever-expanding project - a Haptic Media Studies. Resources of use to researchers such as current publications and historical sources will be added over time.
We're very excited to announce that Sage has unlocked access to all of the articles in the Haptic Media Studies special issue! Get them while you can.
One of the core motivations for us in beginning the Haptic Media Studies project was our recognition of the growing interest touch is attracting, both in the popular press and in academia--what we referred to in the Editors' IntroductionEditors' Introduction as our "haptic moment." The In-Touch project run by Carey Jewitt at University College London's … Continue reading In-Touch Q&A…
Excellent call for papers from HMS coeditor Mark Paterson: Please consider submitting an abstract for my accepted Panel for XIX ISA (International Sociological Association) World Congress of Sociology in Toronto, July 15-21, described below. The panel is part of Thematic Group TG07 The Senses and Society. The deadline for submission is soon: September 27, 2017. … Continue reading CFP: The Politics of Sensation: Technology, Measurement, Sensation
For our Haptic Media Studies workshop at the 2017 Society for Cinema and Media Studies conference, we asked the foundational media archaeologist Erkki Huhtamo to provide some thoughts on tactile media. Huhtamo's "Twin-Touch-Test-Redux: Media Archaeological Approach to Art, Interactivity and Tactility," originally published in Media/Art/Histories (MIT, 2007). Here's what he shared with us:
Another round of pieces will be going live this week. First up, and we're happy to report that this piece is unlocked at Sage's portal: the Editors' Introduction to the special issue, elegantly titled "Haptic Media Studies." Next, the manifesto that Jason Archer and I wrote, "Making touch analog: The prospects and perils of a … Continue reading More HMS articles posted…
Very excited to announce that the articles in our Haptic Media Studies issue of New Media & Society are now available from Sage's Online First portal. Short descriptions and links to articles appear below. Abstracts at the bottom of this page. We're happy to report that the Editors' Introduction to the special issue, elegantly titled, Haptic … Continue reading HMS articles now live…
Haptic Media Studies-ToC
David Parisi, Mark Paterson, and Jason Archer, editors Table of Contents Editors’ Introduction: Haptic Media Studies David Parisi, Mark Paterson & Jason Archer Manifestos Making Analog: The Prospects and Perils of a Touch-Oriented Media Studies David Parisi & Jason Archer On haptic media and the possibilities of a more inclusive interactivity Mark Paterson Articles Disability … Continue reading Haptic Media Studies: a special issue of New Media & Society
Understanding the social character and societal impact of touch as it is digitally mediated - developing novel theory and methods
pushing sound studies into the red since 2009
touch in communication systems