Digital material : tracing new media in everyday life and technology / edited by Marianne van den Boomen [and others].
This is a compelling study of the often controversial role and meaning of the new media and digital cultures in contemporary society. Three decades of societal and cultural alignment of new media yielded to a host of innovations, trials, and problems, accompanied by versatile popular and academic di...
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| Format: | Ebook |
| Language: | English |
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Amsterdam :
Amsterdam University Press,
2009.
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| Series: | MediaMatters.
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| Online Access: | Click here to view this book JSTOR Open Access |
| Summary: | This is a compelling study of the often controversial role and meaning of the new media and digital cultures in contemporary society. Three decades of societal and cultural alignment of new media yielded to a host of innovations, trials, and problems, accompanied by versatile popular and academic discourse. "New Media Studies" crystallized internationally into an established academic discipline, which begs the question: where do we stand now; which new issues have emerged now that new media are taken for granted, and which riddles remain unsolved; and, is contemporary digital culture indeed all about 'you', or do we still not really understand the digital machinery and how it constitutes us as 'you'. From desktop metaphors to Web 2.0 ecosystems, from touch screens to bloggging to e-learning, from role-playing games to Cybergoth music to wireless dreams, this timely volume offers a showcase of the most up-to-date research in the field from what may be called a 'digital-materialist' perspective. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (303 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9048506662 9789048506668 |