Digital Aesthetics

Informationen zum Autor Sean Cubitt is Professor of Film and Television at Goldsmiths, University of London; Professorial Fellow of the University of Melbourne and Honorary Professor of the University of Dundee. His publications include Timeshift: On Video Culture, Videography: Video Media as Art and Culture, Digital Aesthetics, Simulation and Social Theory, The Cinema Effect and EcoMedia. He is the series editor for Leonardo Books at MIT Press. Current research is on the history and philosophy of visual technologies, on media art history and on ecocriticism and mediation. Klappentext This book investigates the aesthetic nature and purposes of computer culture in the contemporary world. It casts a cool eye on the claims of cybertopians, tracing the globalization of the new medium and enquiring into its effects on subjectivity and sociality. Zusammenfassung This book investigates the aesthetic nature and purposes of computer culture in the contemporary world. It casts a cool eye on the claims of cybertopians! tracing the globalization of the new medium and enquiring into its effects on subjectivity and sociality. Inhaltsverzeichnis Reading the Interface Reading the Interface Virtual Realism Machine Perception and the Global Image Spatial Effects Pygmalion Silence, Sound and Space Turbulence Network Morphology and the Corporate Cyborg

Product details

• Authors: Sean Cubitt, Cubitt Sean
• Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 26.08.1998
• EAN: 9780761958994
• ISBN: 978-0-7619-5899-4
• No. of pages: 192
• Series: Published in association with Theory, Culture & Society
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Politics; Social sciences, law, business > Media, communication > General, dictionaries; Media Studies, Cultural Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Sociology & anthropology, Media studies: internet, digital media and society, Ethical & social aspects of IT, Sociology and anthropology, COMPUTERS / Social Aspects, Film & Cinema;New Media & Communication Technology