Zachary Horton
Zachary Horton is a media and literary scholar and game designer who teaches at the University of Pittsburgh. He directs the Vibrant Media Lab and is the author of The Cosmic Zoom: Scale, Knowledge, and Mediation (2021), with research focusing on scale, world-building, comics, and media ecologies.
Books
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1. The Cosmic Zoom
Scale, Knowledge, and Mediation
A critical exploration of how scale operates as a mediating force that shapes knowledge, perception, and power across science, art, and popular media. Through close readings of zoom sequences, scientific instruments, comics, film, and digital interfaces, it shows how shifting scales transform objects and worlds, producing both insight and blind spots. The book proposes “scale literacy” and practical frameworks for navigating contemporary challenges—from climate modeling to data visualization—by attending to the politics and epistemologies embedded in scaling practices.
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