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The Computer as Medium

Berit Holmqvist editor Jens F Jensen editor Peter Bxgh Andersen editor

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Cambridge University Press

Published:25th Mar '94

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The Computer as Medium discusses the communicative and organizational nature of computer networks within a historical perspective.

Computers are developing into a powerful medium integrating film, pictures, text, and sound, and the use of computers for communication and information is rapidly expanding. The Computer as Medium brings insights from art, literature and theatre to bear on computers and discusses the communicative and organizational nature of computer networks within a historical perspective.Computers are developing into a powerful medium integrating film, pictures, text and sound, and the use of computers for communication and information is rapidly expanding. The Computer as Medium brings insights from art, literature and theatre to bear on computers and discusses the communicative and organizational nature of computer networks within a historical perspective. The book consists of three parts. The first part characterizes the semiotic nature of computers and discusses semiotic approaches to programming and interface design. The second part discusses narrative and aesthetic issues of interactive fiction, information systems and hypertext. The final part contains papers on the cultural, organizational and historical impact of computers.The broad and rich coverage of this book will appeal to scholars in cognitive science, computer science, linguistics, semiotics, media studies and mass communications, cultural studies and education.

ISBN: 9780521419956

Dimensions: 236mm x 161mm x 33mm

Weight: 879g

508 pages