Intermedial studies

Intermedial studies explore this heterogeneous relation between different forms of meaning-making, either within a particular media product or between different media types. Like media studies, intermedial studies are interested in the aesthetic and philosophical aspects of media. With an intermedial toolbox we will have a useful perspective and terminology that we can use to understand text–image relations in comics or in newspaper articles, or the relations between the lyrics and a melody in both pop music and opera. When thinking about media and intermedial relations, it is important to remember the relation between relative structural stability versus historical change, both when it comes to each and every media type and when it comes to the interrelations between media and media aspects. Technical media of display are the very material bases of mediation: they provide access to the media products. The chapter also presents an overview of the key concepts discussed in this book.