Digital Media Revisited: Theoretical and Conceptual
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Liesong>toong>l, Gunnar / Morrison, Andrew / Rasmussen, Terje, PUBLISHER: MIT Press (MA), Arguing that "first encounters" have already applied traditional theoretical and conceptual frameworks ong>toong> digital media, the contribuong>toong>rs ong>toong> this book call for "second encounters," or a revisiting. Digital media are not only objects of analysis but also instruments for the development of innovative perspectives on both media and culture. Drawing on insights from literary theory, semiotics, philosophy, aesthetics, ethics, media studies, sociology, and education, the contribuong>toong>rs construct new positions from which ong>toong> observe digital media in fresh and meaningful ways. Throughout they explore ong>toong> what extent interpretation of and experimentation with digital media can inform theory. It also asks how our understanding of digital media can contribute ong>toong> our understanding of social and cultural change. The book is organized in four sections: Education and Interdisciplinarity, Design and Aesthetics, Rheong>toong>ric and Interpretation, and Social Theory and Ethics. The ong>toong>pics include the effects on reading of the multimodal and multisensory aspects of the digital environment, the impact of practice on the medium of theory, how digital media are dissolving the boundaries between leisure and work, and the impact of cyberspace on established ethical principles.