New Media: Theories and Practices of Digitextuality (AFI Film Readers)

The rapid growth of new media technologies is radically changing film production and consumption. New technologies such as DVDs, MP3s and the Internet have freed the audience from traditional ways of relating to what used to be termed 'mass media'. In the face of such seismic shifts, the theoretical and pedagogical structures of film and television studies are being shaken to their core. New Media responds to these revolutionary developments, bringing together authors including Constance Penley and Henry Jenkins to address topics such as computer games, digital animation techniques, media convergence, and internet audiences. Anna Everett, John T. Caldwell, Bertolt Brecht, Laura Marks, Mischa Peters, Peter Lunenfeld, Lev Manovich, George Lewis, Tarleton Gillespie, Stephen Mamber, Mark Williams, Jeffery Sconce, Karen Buzzar Machine generated contents note: introduction xi issues in the theory and practice of media convergence anna everett andjohn t. caldwell part one: digitextual deconstructions 1. digitextuality and click theory: 3 theses on convergence media in the digital age anna everett 2. the radio as an apparatus of communication 29 bertolt brecht 3. invisible media 33 laura u. marks 4. exit meat: 47 digital bodies in a virtual world mischa peters part two: digitextual aesthetics 5. space invaders: 63 thoughts on technology and the production of culture peter lunenfeld 6. the poetics of augmented space 75 lev manovich 7. too many notes: 93 computers, complexity, and culture in voyager geore e. lewis 8. the stories digital tools tell 107 tarleton gillespie' part three: prefiguring digitextuality 9. second-shift media aesthetics: 127 programming, interactivity, and user flows john t. caldwell 10. narrative mapping 145 stephen nlamber 11. real-time fairy tales: 159 cinema prefiguring digital anxiety mark williams 12. tulip theory 179 jeffrey sconce part four: digitextual practices 13. net ratings: 197 defining a new medium by the old, measuring internet audiences karen s. f buzzard 14. flashing digital animations: 209 pixar's digital aesthetic katherine sarafian 15. log on: 225 the oxygen media research project constance penley, lisa parks, and anna everett 16. from barbie to mortal kombat: 243 further reflections henry jenkins 17. endnotes for a theory of convergence 255 joe amato. The mushroom-like growth of new media technologies is radically challenging traditional media outlets. The proliferation of DVDs, MP3s, the Internet, and other technologies has freed the public from what we used to understand as "mass media." These seismic shifts and ruptures have shaken to their core the theoretical and pedagogical foundations of film and TV studies. The concept of "new media" demands a necessary rethinking of the field. Writing from a range of disciplines and perspectives, the contributors to New Media propose theses and conceptual frameworks capable of engaging the numerous facets of emergent digital technology. 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. The advent of the digital revolution in the late-twentieth and early-twenty-first-century media culture apparently confirms both Jean-Luc Godard's belief in the "end of cinema" and other media critics' claims that we have even entered a posttelevision age. Edited By Anna Everett And John T. Caldwell. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. First published in 2003. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.