Digital media has exploded over the past quarter century, and in
particular the past decade. As varieties of digital media multiply,
scholars are beginning to examine its origins, organization, and
preservation, which present new challenges compared to traditional
media. To examine issues from multiple perspectives, experts were
invited to an invitation-only workshop on digital media. The
participants were carefully chosen to represent a variety of
backgrounds and perspectives, ranging from humanities and fine arts to
communication theory. The papers collected here are the results of
that workshop.
Digital Media: Technological and Social Challenges of the Interactive
World is organized in four parts, each representing a different
perspective on digital media: preservation, humanities,
organizational, and historical. The section on preservation considers
the problems of archiving digital media for long-term preservation;
the humanities section offers a human-centered view of digital media,
focusing on the interaction between technological changes and cultural
practices; the section dealing with organization goes beyond the study
of digital artifacts in isolation to consider the context, collection,
and arrangement of objects; and the historical section examines how
our perspectives on digital media have changed over time, looking at
how issues such as the digital divide and digital production have
changed as technology has changed.
The wealth of varied perspectives in Digital Media provides new light
on this topic, beyond the media studies viewpoint that is the most
common way of engaging these topics. This collection will be a
valuable addition for students and faculty in information studies,
communication studies, rhetoric, new media, and more.
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Technological and Social Challenges of the Interactive World
Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9798216339366
Publisert
2025
Utgave
1. utgave
Utgiver
Bloomsbury USA
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Digital bok
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