3 Questions: Lisa Parks On Drones, Warfare, And The Media

Lisa Parks, a professor in MIT’s program in Comparative Media Studies/Writing and director of its Global Media Technologies and Cultures Lab, has spent extensive time analyzing this public debate. The book, “Life in the Age of Drone Warfare,” has just been published by Duke University Press. When yo...

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Published inECN
Main Author Dizikes, Peter
Format Trade Publication Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Rockaway Advantage Business Media 17.11.2017
Subjects
Automation
Computer & video games
Military policy
Parks
Studies
War
Warfare
Washington DC
Pakistan
United States > US
Iraq
Libya
Syria
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Summary:Lisa Parks, a professor in MIT’s program in Comparative Media Studies/Writing and director of its Global Media Technologies and Cultures Lab, has spent extensive time analyzing this public debate. The book, “Life in the Age of Drone Warfare,” has just been published by Duke University Press. When you think about drones in the military context, you can’t limit the analysis to [drones] being like a video game, because the effects of the drone’s movements can change the material conditions in the air and on the ground.
ISSN:1523-3081