Digital Media: Transformations in Human Communication

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Paul Messaris, Lee Humphreys
Peter Lang, Jan 1, 2006 - Computers - 337 pages
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In this must-have new anthology, top media scholars explore the leading edge of digital media studies to provide a broad, authoritative survey of the study of the field and a compelling preview of future developments. This book is divided into five key areas--video games, digital images, the electronic word, computers and music, and new digital media--and offers an invaluable guide for students and scholars alike.

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Contents

Influences of Digital Imaging on the Concept of Photographic Truth
3
A Walk on the Dark Side
11
Viewers Awareness of Digital F7X in Movies
15
Copyright

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References to this book

The Video Game Explosion: A History from PONG to Playstation and Beyond
Mark J. P. Wolf
Limited preview - 2008

About the author (2006)

The Editors: Paul Messaris is the Lev Kuleshov Professor of Visual Communication at the Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania. He has directed three feature films and is the author of Visual Literacy: Image, Mind, and Reality and Visual Persuasion: The Role of Images in Advertising. Lee Humphreys is a Ph.D. candidate at the Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania, where she also received her M.A. in communication. Her research examines the social uses and effects of communication technology.

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TitleDigital Media: Transformations in Human Communication
EditorsPaul Messaris, Lee Humphreys
Edition2, illustrated
PublisherPeter Lang, 2006
Original fromthe University of Michigan
Digitized16 Nov 2007
ISBN0820478407, 9780820478401
Length337 pages
Subjects ›  › 

Computers / Interactive & Multimedia
Technology & Engineering / Electronics / Digital
Technology & Engineering / Telecommunications
  
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