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new
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'New
Media' is a generic term for the many different forms of electronic
communication that are made possible through the use of computer technology.
The term is in relation to “old” media forms, such as print
newspapers and magazines, that are static representations of text and
graphics. New media includes:
* Web sites
* streaming audio and video
* chat rooms
* e-mail
* online communities
* Web advertising
* DVD and CD-ROM media
* virtual reality environments
* integration of digital data with the telephone, such as Internet telephony
* digital cameras
* mobile computing
Use of the term new media implies that the data communication is happening
between desktop and laptop computers and handhelds, such as PDAs, and
the media they take data from, such as compact discs and floppy disks.
| The Language of New Media - Lev Manovich - probably the most learned and exiting study of the way digital media work, to date. 'The
Language of New Media is required reading not only for those concerned
with the discourses surrounding new media, but also for anyone
critically engaged with contemporary art and culture'. MIT Press: ISBN 0-262-13374-1 |
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Art - Christiane Paul surveys digital art from its appearance
in the early 1990s up to the present day. Drawing a distinction
between work that uses digital technology as a tool to produce traditional
forms and work that uses it as a medium to create new types of art. Thames & Hudson World of Art ISBN 0500 203679 |
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New
Media in Late 20th-Century Art - new media in art and
includes discussions of video art, digital art, and media and
performance by artists such as Nam June Paik, Vito Acconci, Marina
Abramowic, Pipilotti Rist, and Bill Viola. |
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Internet
Art - Rachel Greene
considers the bewilderingly diverse forms of internet art and
the tools and equipment used to create them, as well as the wider
cultural context and historical importance of the work.
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| 'Video Art' - Michael Rush, published by Thames and Hudson, 2003 - an invaluable reference work on artists' video with almost 400 illustrations. ISBN
0-500-23798-0 |
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more information on all of the above publications:www.thamesandhudson.com
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