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New Media: A Critical Introduction is a comprehensive introduction
to the culture, history, technologies and theories of new media.
Written especially for students, the book considers the ways in
which 'new media' really are new, assesses the claims that a media
and technological revolution has taken place and formulates new
ways for media studies to respond to new technologies. The authors
introduce a wide variety of topics including: how to define the
characteristics of new media; social and political uses of new
media and new communications; new media technologies, politics and
globalization; everyday life and new media; theories of
interactivity, simulation, the new media economy; cybernetics,
cyberculture, the history of automata and artificial life.
Substantially updated from the first edition to cover recent
theoretical developments, approaches and significant technological
developments, this is the best and by far the most comprehensive
textbook available on this exciting and expanding subject. At
www.newmediaintro.com you will find: additional international case
studies with online references specially created You Tube videos on
machines and digital photography a new 'Virtual Camera' case study,
with links to short film examples useful links to related websites,
resources and research sites further online reading links to
specific arguments or discussion topics in the book links to key
scholars in the field of new media.
New Media: A Critical Introduction is a comprehensive introduction
to the culture, history, technologies and theories of new media.
Written especially for students, the book considers the ways in
which 'new media' really are new, assesses the claims that a media
and technological revolution has taken place and formulates new
ways for media studies to respond to new technologies. The authors
introduce a wide variety of topics including: how to define the
characteristics of new media; social and political uses of new
media and new communications; new media technologies, politics and
globalization; everyday life and new media; theories of
interactivity, simulation, the new media economy; cybernetics,
cyberculture, the history of automata and artificial life.
Substantially updated from the first edition to cover recent
theoretical developments, approaches and significant technological
developments, this is the best and by far the most comprehensive
textbook available on this exciting and expanding subject. At
www.newmediaintro.com you will find: additional international case
studies with online references specially created You Tube videos on
machines and digital photography a new 'Virtual Camera' case study,
with links to short film examples useful links to related websites,
resources and research sites further online reading links to
specific arguments or discussion topics in the book links to key
scholars in the field of new media.
This book introduces the critical concepts and debates that are
shaping the emerging field of game studies. Exploring games in the
context of cultural studies and media studies, it analyses computer
games as the most popular contemporary form of new media production
and consumption. The book: Argues for the centrality of play in
redefining reading, consuming and creating culture Offers detailed
research into the political economy of games to generate a model of
new media production Examines the dynamics of power in relation to
both the production and consumption of computer games This is key
reading for students, academics and industry practitioners in the
fields of cultural studies, new media, media studies and game
studies, as well as human-computer interaction and cyberculture.
As communicative, cultural, and political spaces, cities present a
vast array of racial, ethnic, national, sexual, and socioeconomic
experiences around which human communities take shape. This shaping
forms a germinal point of mass cultural life. City planners decide
where buildings and neighborhoods are developed, which ultimately
affects who residents interact with, how they get there, and why
they choose city life. From these experiences, boundaries and
possibilities arise that define cultures of "the city." In
Communication, Culture, and Making Meaning in the City:
Ethnographic Engagements in Urban Environments, contributors focus
on theorizing the notion of "the city" as a communicatively
constituted cultural space, drawing on situated, reflexive
ethnographic examinations of "the city" to show the complex and
varied ways in which cities produce social meaning.
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