Beyond Media Borders, Volume 1

"Beyond Media Borders, Volume 1" is a scholarly book that explores the multimodal nature of media and promotes the analysis of media through an intermedial perspective. The collection includes a series of interconnected articles based on the concepts developed in Lars Elleström's influential article "The Modalities of Media: A Model for Understanding Intermedial Relations." These concepts provide a methodological framework for examining and interpreting media characteristics and their relationships. The authors address a variety of old and new media types that have traditionally been viewed through limited, media-specific concepts. This book makes a significant contribution to interdisciplinary research and expands the understanding of media interactions both conceptually and practically. It is the first of two volumes and includes Elleström's revised work as well as six additional contributions that specifically focus on the integration of media.