The Digital Dialectic: New Essays on New Media (Leonardo Book Series)

319 Pages·2000·6.041 MB·English

by  Peter Lunenfeld

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Contents
SERIEFSO REWORD VH1
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS IX
CONTRIBUTORS XI
INTRODUCTION
SCREENG RABST:H E DIGITAL DIALEACNTDIN CE W MEDIAT HEORY XIV
I TheR eaaln dt heI deal
1 UNFINISHEBDU SINESPSe, tLeurn enfeld 6
2 THE CYBERSPACDEI ALECTIMCi,h caHeeli m 24
3 THE ETHICALLI FEO F THE DIGITAALE STHETICC,a rGoilg liotti46
II The Body anMda cthhien e
4 THE CONDITIOONF VIRTUALIN.T YK, atheHrayilnees 68
5 FROM CYBERNATIOTNO INTERACTIOAN C:O NTRIBUTION
TO AN ARCHAEOLOGOYF INTERACTIVEITrYk,H kuih tamo 96
6 REPLACINPGL ACEW, illiMaitmc]h.e ll 112
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7 THE MEDIUMI sT HEM EMORY,F lonr ioBadry 130
8 HYPERTEXATS C OLLAGE-WRITIGNGe,go eP.r Landow 150
9 WHAT IsD IGITACLI NEMA?L,e Mva novich 172
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11M USINGSO N AMUSEMENTISN A MERICAO,R WHAT I DID
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NOTES 236
RECOMMENDEDR EADINGISN N EW MEDIAT HEORY 270
INDEX 284
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