Explores the influence of the graphic user interface on
contemporary screen media Argues for a critical reading of screen
media which centres the GUI in the production and reception of this
media Offers an innovatively interdisciplinary exploration of
digital screen media, employing film studies, new media studies,
videogame studies, urban theory, and more Places interfaces,
videogames, films, television, apps, VR, and other media on equal
footing Analyses a wide variety of case studies from various
contemporary mainstream media to show their connections and
influences Updates ideas of media convergence and remediation for
today's overlapping media environment The Graphic User Interface,
or GUI, is the adhesive centre of today's screen entertainment web.
From films and television to apps and videogames, it holds together
a multitude of media and shapes the way they are accessed,
organised, created, consumed, and manipulated. However, it does not
do so without leaving viscous traces, and Gooey Media: Screen
Entertainment and the Graphic User Interface examines this residue
and its consequences, revealing how the GUI exerts a powerful
influence on contemporary media. Focusing on aesthetics and
adopting a media agnostic approach, Jones explores cinema,
streaming platforms, television, user-generated content,
videogames, apps, virtual reality, VFX, design software, and more
in order to show how they cross-pollinate with one another and with
our desktop interfaces. The result is a new approach for analysing
convergent media in the digital era.
General
Imprint: |
Edinburgh University Press
|
Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Release date: |
July 2023 |
Authors: |
Nick Jones
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Dimensions: |
234 x 156mm (L x W) |
Pages: |
256 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-399-52276-2 |
Categories: |
Books
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LSN: |
1-399-52276-0 |
Barcode: |
9781399522762 |
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