The Interface Envelope - Gaming, Technology, Power (Hardcover)

Human life is increasingly mediated by digital interfaces. Computers, laptops, tablet PCs, mobile phones, video games and many other devices operate as the medium through which a variety of activity is undertaken. While a range of work has investigated the symbolic and representational logics of interfaces, little work has explored or theorised the material and affective nature of interfaces.Drawing upon trends in contemporary video game design, James Ash argues that interfaces produce envelopes of space / time that serve to focus users' perception on the present moment. In turn, he argues that these fields are deployed by video game companies in order to generate sensory-motor skill that are the basis of new forms of affective value. While these processes are currently limited to video game design, the conclusion points to how the generation of these narrow phenomenal envelopes is expanding into other settings. "The Interface Envelope "develops this argument through a theoretical engagement with a variety of thinkers such as Callois, Heidegger, Stiegler, Harman and Nancy to emphasize how a phenomenological encounter with technology shapes the temporal structure of action, cognition and the comportment of the body. This theoretical development allows a critical re-election between the concrete phenomenology of lived experience in gaming and a number of pressing concerns around problematics of attention, affect and the commodification of perception.

General

Imprint:	Bloomsbury Academic USA
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	February 2015
Authors:	James Ash
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 17mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover - Cloth over boards / With dust jacket
Pages:	184
ISBN-13:	978-1-62356-459-9
Categories:	Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Communication studies > Media studies Books > Science & Mathematics > Science: general issues > Impact of science & technology on society Books > Computing & IT > Social & legal aspects of computing > Impact of computing & IT on society Books > Humanities > Philosophy > Western philosophy > Modern Western philosophy, c 1600 to the present > Western philosophy, from c 1900 - > Phenomenology & Existentialism Books > Philosophy > Western philosophy > Modern Western philosophy, c 1600 to the present > Western philosophy, from c 1900 - > Phenomenology & Existentialism Promotions
LSN:	1-62356-459-X
Barcode:	9781623564599

Is the information for this product incomplete, wrong or inappropriate? Let us know about it.

Does this product have an incorrect or missing image? Send us a new image.

Is this product missing categories? Add more categories.

Review This Product

No reviews yet - be the first to create one!