LEADER 03221nam 2200805 450 001 9910791945603321 005 20220517141423.0 010 $a1-84779-649-4 010 $a1-78170-090-7 010 $a1-84779-161-1 024 7 $a10.7765/9781847791610 035 $a(CKB)2560000000085797 035 $a(EBL)1069555 035 $a(OCoLC)818847264 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000712723 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12260078 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000712723 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10651414 035 $a(PQKB)11686717 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0000086930 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4083704 035 $a(OCoLC)944041253 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse78059 035 $a(OCoLC)1132228792 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1069555 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1069555 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL843724 035 $a(DE-B1597)659302 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781847791610 035 $a(EXLCZ)992560000000085797 100 $a20220517d2007 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe arc and the machine $enarrative and new media /$fCaroline Bassett 205 $aOnline-ausg. 210 1$aManchester :$cManchester University Press,$d2007. 215 $a1 online resource (225 p.) 225 0 $aEBL-Schweitzer 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-7190-7343-X 311 $a0-7190-7342-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $a9780719073427; 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; Index 330 $aThe 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 explo 606 $aDigital media 606 $aDiscourse analysis, Narrative 610 $aage of information. 610 $acultural production. 610 $adigital age. 610 $ainformation technology. 610 $ainformational culture. 610 $ainterpretation. 610 $anarrative. 610 $anew media. 610 $asensation. 610 $atechno-cultural writing. 615 0$aDigital media. 615 0$aDiscourse analysis, Narrative. 676 $a302.231 700 $aBassett$b Caroline$01207198 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910791945603321 996 $aThe arc and the machine$93868061 997 $aUNINA