03221nam 2200805 450 991079194560332120220517141423.01-84779-649-41-78170-090-71-84779-161-110.7765/9781847791610(CKB)2560000000085797(EBL)1069555(OCoLC)818847264(SSID)ssj0000712723(PQKBManifestationID)12260078(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000712723(PQKBWorkID)10651414(PQKB)11686717(StDuBDS)EDZ0000086930(MiAaPQ)EBC4083704(OCoLC)944041253(MdBmJHUP)muse78059(OCoLC)1132228792(MiAaPQ)EBC1069555(Au-PeEL)EBL1069555(CaONFJC)MIL843724(DE-B1597)659302(DE-B1597)9781847791610(EXLCZ)99256000000008579720220517d2007 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe arc and the machine narrative and new media /Caroline BassettOnline-ausg.Manchester :Manchester University Press,2007.1 online resource (225 p.)EBL-SchweitzerDescription based upon print version of record.0-7190-7343-X 0-7190-7342-1 Includes bibliographical references and index.9780719073427; 9780719073427; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 Narrative machines; 2 'Beautiful patterns of bits': cybernetics, interfaces, new media; 3 Those with whom the archive dwells; 4 Annihilating all that's made?Legends of virtual community; 5 'Just because' stories:on Elephant; Bibliography; IndexThe Arc and the machine is a timely and original defence of narrative in an age of information. Stressing interpretation and experience alongside affect and sensation it convincingly argues that narrative is key to contemporary forms of cultural production and to the practice of contemporary life. Re-appraising the prospects for narrative in the digital age, it insists on the centrality of narrative to informational culture and provokes a critical re-appraisal of how innovations in information technology as a material cultural form can be understood and assessed.The book offers a careful exploDigital mediaDiscourse analysis, Narrativeage of information.cultural production.digital age.information technology.informational culture.interpretation.narrative.new media.sensation.techno-cultural writing.Digital media.Discourse analysis, Narrative.302.231Bassett Caroline1207198MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910791945603321The arc and the machine3868061UNINA