The arc and the machine Narrative and new media.

By:

Bassett, Caroline [Author]

Material type: Text

text

Media type:

computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

9781847791610

Subject(s):

Genre/Form:

Electronic Books.

LOC classification:

P96 .A733 2007

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Contents:

Subject: The Arc and the machine is a timely and original defence of narrative in an age of information. Stressing interpretation and experience alongside affect and sensation it convincingly argues that narrative is key to contemporary forms of cultural production and to the practice of contemporary life. Re-appraising the prospects for narrative in the digital age, it insists on the centrality of narrative to informational culture and provokes a critical re-appraisal of how innovations in information technology as a material cultural form can be understood and assessed. The book offers a careful explo.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	URL	Status	Date due	Barcode
Online Book (LOGIN USING YOUR MY CIU LOGIN AND PASSWORD)	G. Allen Fleece Library ONLINE	Non-fiction	P96.35 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Link to resource	Available		ocn818847264

Includes bibliographies and index.

9780719073427; 9780719073427; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 Narrative machines; 2 'Beautiful patterns of bits': cybernetics, interfaces, new media; 3 Those with whom the archive dwells; 4 Annihilating all that's made?Legends of virtual community; 5 'Just because' stories:on Elephant; Bibliography; Index.

The Arc and the machine is a timely and original defence of narrative in an age of information. Stressing interpretation and experience alongside affect and sensation it convincingly argues that narrative is key to contemporary forms of cultural production and to the practice of contemporary life. Re-appraising the prospects for narrative in the digital age, it insists on the centrality of narrative to informational culture and provokes a critical re-appraisal of how innovations in information technology as a material cultural form can be understood and assessed. The book offers a careful explo.

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