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100 1 _aBassett, Caroline.
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245 1 0 _aThe arc and the machine
_bNarrative and new media.
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260 _aManchester :
_bManchester University Press,
_c(c)2007.
300 _a1 online resource (225 pages)
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337 _acomputer
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338 _aonline resource
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505 0 0 _a9780719073427; 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.
520 0 _aThe 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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650 0 _aDigital media.
650 0 _aDiscourse analysis, Narrative.
655 1 _aElectronic Books.
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_bCynthia Snell
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_dCynthia Snell