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Record Nr.

UNINA9910451338903321

Autore

Darley Andrew

Titolo

Visual digital culture : surface play and spectacle in new media genres / / Andrew Darley

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2000

ISBN

1-134-70837-8

1-280-32848-7

0-203-13520-2

0-203-17181-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (241 p.)

Collana

Sussex studies in culture and communication

Disciplina

306.4/87

Soggetti

Computer games - Social aspects

Video games - Social aspects

Video recordings - Social aspects

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 207-215) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of illustrations; Acknowledgements; Introduction; History; A back story: realism, simulation, interaction; Genealogy and tradition: mechanised spectacle as popular entertainment; Shaping tradition: the contemporary context; Aesthetics; Simulation and hyperrealism: computer animation and TV advertisements; The waning of narrative: new spectacle cinema and music video; The digital image in 'the age of the signifier'; Spectators; Games and rides: surfing the image; Surface play and spaces of consumption; Active spectators?; Exhibiting spectacle (and style)

ConclusionNotes; Bibliography; Author index; Subject index

Sommario/riassunto

Digital entertainment, from video games to simulation rides, is now a central feature of popular culture. Computer-based or digital technologies are supplanting the traditional production methods of television, film and video, provoking intense speculation about their impact on the character of art. Examining the digital imaging techniques across a wide range of media, including film, music video, computer games, theme parks and simulation rides, Visual Digital



Culture explores the relationship between evolving digital technologies and existing media and considers the effect of these