New Media and Cyberspace
The term "cyberspace" was originated by author William Gibson in his novel Neuromancer, the word is currently used to describe the whole range of information resources available through computer networks. Cyberspace also describes the world of connected computers and the society that gathers around them. For this class we will explore how cyberspace came to be and how it has developed into an exciting vehicle for new media distribution.
Lev Manovich is a theorist and a critic of new media. If you "google" his name you can find plenty of essays, articles, or books he has written about the convergence of art and technology, new media, or post-digital and post-media.
For the next class, your assignment is to discuss his "Post-media Aesthetics" and "Models of Authorship". The former is listed in the course syllabus as required reading for this week and Models of Authorship is recommended. Here are the direct links:
http://portal.nettrice.us/media_lit/Post_media_aesthetics.html
http://portal.nettrice.us/media_lit/models_of_authorship.html
On page 4 of Post-media Aesthetics Manovich defines the multimedia document:
"On the level of aesthetics, the Web has established a multimedia document (i.e., something which combines and mixes different media of text, photography, video, graphics, sound) as a new communication standard. Digital technology has also made much easier to implement the already existing cultural practice of making different versions of the same project for different mediums, different distribution networks and different audiences. And if one can make radically different versions of the same art object (for instance, an interactive and non-interactive versions, or 35mm film version and Web version), the traditional strong link between the identity of an art object and its medium becomes broken. On the level of distribution, the Web has dissolved (at least in theory) the difference between mass distribution, previously associated with mass culture, and limited distribution previously reserved for small subcultures and the art system. (The same Web site can be accessed by one person, ten people, ten thousand people, ten million people, etc.)"
Consider this and write a brief essay about the following questions:
What are the implications of the media in cyberspace, or for aesthetics, or society?
Should the combination or mixing different media change the way media literacy is taught or understood?
If yes, explain how new media and the World Wide Web changes the concept of of media or media literacy.
If no, explain why.
In Models of Authorship, Manovich writes about new models of media authorship that involve different forms of collaboration. This week I will demonstrate Second Life, "a 3-D virtual world entirely created by its Residents. Since opening to the public in 2003, it has grown explosively and today is inhabited by millions of Residents from around the globe". In this platform you can create virtual representations of real people and communities. In many ways Second Life is a new model of authorship and with related virtual worlds such as Project Wonderland, Croquet, and World of Warcraft users can author interesting content and collaborate over a network or in person, in real time or not.
For the next class consider these questions, or come up with your own questions.
What is the purpose of a virtual 3d world like Second Life ?
Are there any potential learning opportunities in Second Life?
How is new media being used to engage media consumers either as passive consumers or active citizens?
Lev Manovich is a theorist and a critic of new media. If you "google" his name you can find plenty of essays, articles, or books he has written about the convergence of art and technology, new media, or post-digital and post-media.
For the next class, your assignment is to discuss his "Post-media Aesthetics" and "Models of Authorship". The former is listed in the course syllabus as required reading for this week and Models of Authorship is recommended. Here are the direct links:
http://portal.nettrice.us/media_lit/Post_media_aesthetics.html
http://portal.nettrice.us/media_lit/models_of_authorship.html
On page 4 of Post-media Aesthetics Manovich defines the multimedia document:
"On the level of aesthetics, the Web has established a multimedia document (i.e., something which combines and mixes different media of text, photography, video, graphics, sound) as a new communication standard. Digital technology has also made much easier to implement the already existing cultural practice of making different versions of the same project for different mediums, different distribution networks and different audiences. And if one can make radically different versions of the same art object (for instance, an interactive and non-interactive versions, or 35mm film version and Web version), the traditional strong link between the identity of an art object and its medium becomes broken. On the level of distribution, the Web has dissolved (at least in theory) the difference between mass distribution, previously associated with mass culture, and limited distribution previously reserved for small subcultures and the art system. (The same Web site can be accessed by one person, ten people, ten thousand people, ten million people, etc.)"
Consider this and write a brief essay about the following questions:
What are the implications of the media in cyberspace, or for aesthetics, or society?
Should the combination or mixing different media change the way media literacy is taught or understood?
If yes, explain how new media and the World Wide Web changes the concept of of media or media literacy.
If no, explain why.
In Models of Authorship, Manovich writes about new models of media authorship that involve different forms of collaboration. This week I will demonstrate Second Life, "a 3-D virtual world entirely created by its Residents. Since opening to the public in 2003, it has grown explosively and today is inhabited by millions of Residents from around the globe". In this platform you can create virtual representations of real people and communities. In many ways Second Life is a new model of authorship and with related virtual worlds such as Project Wonderland, Croquet, and World of Warcraft users can author interesting content and collaborate over a network or in person, in real time or not.
For the next class consider these questions, or come up with your own questions.
What is the purpose of a virtual 3d world like Second Life ?
Are there any potential learning opportunities in Second Life?
How is new media being used to engage media consumers either as passive consumers or active citizens?
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