1. When discussing the principles of new media, Manovich explains that new media is not so different from old media--there is a gray line between them. Even the idea of digital representation is ambiguous and doesn't quite redefine media. What are some things you think set apart old media from the new?
2. Manovich concludes his essay with the statement "What was hidden in the mind became shared." This relates to the notion that interactive computer media mirrors the process of the mind. "Mental processes of reflection, problem solving, recall, and association are externalized, equated with following a link, moving to a new page, choosing a new image or a new scene...we are asked to mistake the structure of somebody's else mind for our own." Do you feel this way when you look at interactive computer media? What are some examples of this?
No comments:
Post a Comment