Asian Intelligence, 821: Internet and Social Networking as Forces for Political Change (2011)
Filed under report | Tags: · asia, facebook, internet, media activism, politics, twitter, web 2.0
“Report on use of social media for political change in selected Asian countries: Vietnam, China, India, Indonesia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Japan, South Korea, Malaysia, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Egypt.”
Asian Intelligence: An Independent Fortnightly Report on Asian Business and Politics
Publisher Political & Economic Risk Consultancy Ltd, Hong Kong, 23 February 2011
Asian Intelligence Report, No. 821
16 pages
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Comment (0)Anna Everett, John Thornton Caldwell (eds.): New Media: Theories and Practices of Digitextuality (2003)
Filed under book | Tags: · aesthetics, art, cinema, computer animation, cyberpunk, cyborg, digital culture, digital media, interface, internet, media theory, new media, posthuman, programming, television, virtual reality
The mushroom-like growth of new media technologies is radically challenging traditional media outlets. The proliferation of technologies like DVDs, MP3s and the Internet has freed the public from what we used to understand as “mass media.” In the face of such seismic shifts and ruptures, the theoretical and pedagogical foundations of film and TV studies are being shaken to their core. New Media demands a necessary rethinking of the field. Writing from a range of disciplines and perspectives, the scholars here outline new theses and conceptual frameworks capable of engaging the numerous facets of emergent digital technology.
Publisher Routledge, 2003
AFI Film Readers series
ISBN 041593995X, 9780415939959
274 pages
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Comment (0)I Read Where I Am: Exploring New Information Cultures (2011)
Filed under book | Tags: · book, hypertext, internet, reading, text, textuality
“”I Read Where I Am” contains visionary texts about the future of reading and the status of the word. We read at any time and anywhere. We read from screens, we read out on the streets, we read in the office but we spend less and less time reading a book at home on the couch. We are, or are becoming, a different type of reader. Reading is becoming a different experience. Different from what it once was.
We have access to almost all information at any given time. We carry complete libraries in our pockets. Books have become part of the multi-media world, the can be shared between platforms.
Do all these extra possibilities add value or are they a mere distraction? We read the text as much as we read the interface. With similar ease, we read newspaper articles as well as search engines, databases, and navigational structures. Texts and images become interchangeable, creating new forms of information. Differences in content and between readers require different shapes and experiences. The question remains: which shape will it take and what experience does one want?
To answer to all these (and other) questions, we have asked people from different backgrounds, to think about these issues in the light of these changes. “I Read Where I Am” is a varied collection of 82 observations, inspirations, and critical notes by journalists, designers, researchers, politicians, philosophers, and many others.” (from book launch announcement)
Concept: Graphic Design Museum/Institute of Network Cultures
Editors: Mieke Gerritzen, Geert Lovink, Minke Kampman
Editorial assistance: Morgan Currie
Translation Dutch-English: Jonathan Ellis
Design: LUST
Production: Valiz
Publisher: Valiz with Graphic Design Museum, May 2011
ISBN 978-90-78088-55-4
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