How television invented new media / Sheila C. Murphy.

By:

Murphy, Sheila C, 1974-

Material type:

TextPublication details: New Brunswick ; New Jersey ; London : Rutgers University Press, c2011.Description: 187 p. : ill. b&w ; 22 cmISBN:

9780813550053

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DDC classification:

302.23

Contents:

Introduction: How television invents new media -- 1. This is intelligent television: the emerging technologies of video games, computers and the medium of television -- 2. Is this convergence? Postnetwork television, new media and emerging middletexts -- 3. From tube to a series of tubes: television in and as New Media -- 4. ALT-CTRL: the freedom of remotes and controls -- Conclusion: Television is not New Media -- Epilogue: on the matter of invention -- Appendix A. Video game and digital sources -- Appendix B. Relevant film and television sources.

Summary: Television is a global industry, a medium of representation, an architectural component of space and a nearly universal fram reference for viewers. Yet it is also an abstraction and an often misunderstood science whose critical influence on the development, history and diffusion of new media has been both minimized and overlooked. Personal computers, video game systems, even iPods and the Internet are built upon and have borrowed from television to become viable forms.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: How television invents new media --
1. This is intelligent television: the emerging technologies of video games, computers and the medium of television --
2. Is this convergence? Postnetwork television, new media and emerging middletexts --
3. From tube to a series of tubes: television in and as New Media --
4. ALT-CTRL: the freedom of remotes and controls --
Conclusion: Television is not New Media --
Epilogue: on the matter of invention --
Appendix A. Video game and digital sources --
Appendix B. Relevant film and television sources.

Television is a global industry, a medium of representation, an architectural component of space and a nearly universal fram reference for viewers. Yet it is also an abstraction and an often misunderstood science whose critical influence on the development, history and diffusion of new media has been both minimized and overlooked. Personal computers, video game systems, even iPods and the Internet are built upon and have borrowed from television to become viable forms.

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