Digital Material: Tracing New Media in Everyday Life and Technology
by Marianne van den Boomen, et al.
Publisher: Amsterdam University Press 2009
ISBN/ASIN: 9089640681
ISBN-13: 9789089640680
Description:
The contributors to the present book, all employed in teaching and researching new media and digital culture, assembled their 'digital material' into an anthology, covering issues ranging from desktop metaphors to Web 2.0 ecosystems, from touch screens to blogging and e-learning, from role-playing games and cybergothic music to wireless dreams. Together the contributions provide a showcase of current research in the field, from what may be called a 'digital-materialist' perspective.
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