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The New Media Reader by Noah Wardrip-Fruin - ISBN: 9780262232272
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A sourcebook of historical written texts, video documentation, and working programs that form the foundation of new media.

The New Media Reader

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    840 pages

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    14 February 2003

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A sourcebook of historical written texts, video documentation, and working programs that form the foundation of new media.This reader collects the texts, videos, and computer programs-many of them now almost impossible to find-that chronicle the history and form the foundation of the still-emerging field of new media. General introductions by Janet Murray and Lev Manovich, along with short introductions to each of the texts, place the works in their historical context and explain their signif…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780262232272
ISBN-10:0262232278
Author:Noah Wardrip-Fruin, Nick Montfort
Publisher:MIT Press Ltd
Imprint:MIT Press
Format:Hardcover
Number of Pages:840
Release Date:14 February 2003
Weight:1.54kg
Dimensions:229mm x 203mm x 35mm
Series:The MIT Press
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“The New Media Reader…is my if-you-can-only-take-one pick for a computer historyvacation suitcase-stuffer.” Michael Swaine Dr. Dobb’s Journal

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The New Media Reader…is my if-you-can-only-take-one pick for a computer history vacation suitcase-stuffer.

—Michael Swaine , Dr. Dobb’s Journal

About The Author

Noah Wardrip-Fruin

Noah Wardrip-Fruin is Professor of Computational Media at the University of California, Santa Cruz, where he codirects the Expressive Intelligent Studio. He is the author of Expressive Processing- Digital Fictions, Computer Games, and Software Studies (MIT Press).Nick Montfort is Professor of Digital Media at MIT. He is the author of Twisty Little Passages- An Approach to Interactive Fiction and Exploratory Programming for the Arts and Humanities; the coauthor of Racing the Beam- The Atari Video Computer System and 10 PRINT CHR$(205.5+RND(1)); - GOTO 10; and the coeditor of The New Media Reader (all published by the MIT Press).

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