New Media a Critical Intro

Providing a Comprehensive Introduction to the Culture, Technologies, History and Theories of New Media, and Written Especially for Students, This Book Considers the Ways in Which "New Media" Really Are New, Assesses the Claims That a Media and Technological Revolution is Under Way and Formulates New Ways for Media Studies to Respond to New Technologies. Individual Chapters Introduce Assessing the "Newness" of New Media; How to Define the Characteristics of New Media; Film, Photography and New Forms of Visual Culture and Entertainment; Social and Political Uses of New Media and New Communications; Everyday Life and New Media; Cyborgs, Cybernetics and Cyberculture; Theories of Inactivity; and the History of Automata and Artificial Life. Illustrated With Over 70 Photographs, Images, Tables and Line Drawings, the Key Features of This Textbook Include a User's Guide; a Glossary of Key Terms and Concepts; Boxed Case Studies and Examples; Key Terms Defined in the Margins With Extensive Cros