[PDF] Five Years Of Exploring The Digital Domain eBook

Author : Piers Bizony
Publisher : White Lion Publishing
Page : 266 pages
File Size : 43,49 MB
Release : 2001
Category : Computers
ISBN :

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Piers Brizony has gained complete access to the headquarters of Digital Domain in Venice, California, in order to produce the first ever book on the company's work at the cutting edge of the special- effects industry. Covers major films of recent years: Titanic, Apollo 13, True Lies.

Author : Ken Abernethy
Publisher : Brooks/Cole
Page : 804 pages
File Size : 20,25 MB
Release : 1999
Category : Computers
ISBN :

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For those ready to expand their computer literacy beyond word processing basics, two computer experts introduce the domains of sights, sounds, multimedia presentations, the Web/ HTML, spreadsheets, data communications, computer networks, and artificial intelligence. Includes chapter review questions, projects, a supporting web site, an extensive glossary demystifying terms from ADSR to ZCAV, and illustrations. A CD-ROM would have been welcome. Appropriate as a textbook for sundry introductory level computer courses. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR.

Author : Manuel Castells
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 624 pages
File Size : 19,52 MB
Release : 2013-08-29
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0191510440

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We live in the midst of a revolution in communication technologies that affects the way in which people feel, think, and behave. The media have become the space where power strategies are played out. In the current technological context mass communication goes beyond traditional media and includes the Internet and mobile communication. In this wide-ranging and powerful book, Manuel Castells analyses the transformation of the global media industry by this revolution in communication technologies. He argues that a new communication system, mass self-communication, has emerged, and power relationships have been profoundly modified by the emergence of this new communication environment. Created in the commons of the Internet this communication can be locally based, but globally connected. It is built through messaging, social networks sites, and blogging, and is now being used by the millions around the world who have access to the Internet. Drawing on a wide range of social and psychological theories, Castells presents original research on political processes and social movements. He applies this analysis to numerous recent events—the misinformation of the American public on the Iraq War, the global environmental movement to prevent climate change, the control of information in China and Russia, Barak Obama's internet-based presidential campaigns, and (in this new edition) responses to recent political and economic crises such as the Arab Spring and the Occupy movement. On the basis of these case studies he proposes a new theory of power in the information age based on the management of communication networks Justly celebrated for his analysis of the network society, Castells here builds on that work, offering a well grounded and immensely challenging picture of communication and power in the 21st century. This is a book for anyone who wants to understand the dynamics and character of the modern world.

Author : Virginia Heffernan
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 16,92 MB
Release : 2017-06-27
Category : Computers
ISBN : 1501132679

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Virginia Heffernan gives a highly informative analysis of what the internet is and can be in an examination of its past, present and future.

Author : Robert S. Fortner
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 199 pages
File Size : 37,57 MB
Release : 2020-08-12
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1538121867

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As a core text for undergraduate courses in new media, media ethics, and global communication, Ethics in the Digital Domainhelps students explore the big questions surrounding the impact of the digital domain on our daily lives. There are those who promise an enhanced human future through adoption and acceptance of digital culture, and those who condemn this shift in no uncertain terms. What are the positions taken by futurists and technology inventors and adopters on these issues? Through a series of case studies, this groundbreaking text challenges students to consider the future they will inhabit. Should they fear such changes or embrace them? What ethical systems will help provide guidance in this new world? What role will they have to play in this ecosystem? Will their humanity survive? Does it matter? Presented in a format designed to initiate debate and discussion, Ethics in the Digital Domain covers enduring debates in ethics such as privacy, copyright, libel, consent, surveillance and the necessity for truthful discourse. It also looks at new dimensions introduced by media practices in digital media, including: 24/7 tracking of handheld devices machine-to-machine and machine-to-human communication promises of immortality in the cloud the movement of AI robots toward humanlike activities Regardless of where students stand on the different issues raised here, they will find themselves in ethical conundrums because the tensions raised are both ordinary and profound in the new world of digital media ethics.

Author : Melanie Dulong De Rosnay
Publisher : Open Book Publishers
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 50,99 MB
Release : 2012
Category : Law
ISBN : 1906924457

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Digital technology has made culture more accessible than ever before. Texts, audio, pictures and video can easily be produced, disseminated, used and remixed using devices that are increasingly user-friendly and affordable. However, along with this technological democratization comes a paradoxical flipside: the norms regulating culture's use - copyright and related rights - have become increasingly restrictive. This book brings together essays by academics, librarians, entrepreneurs, activists and policy makers, who were all part of the EU-funded Communia project. Together the authors argue that the Public Domain - that is, the informational works owned by all of us, be that literature, music, the output of scientific research, educational material or public sector information - is fundamental to a healthy society. The essays range from more theoretical papers on the history of copyright and the Public Domain, to practical examples and case studies of recent projects that have engaged with the principles of Open Access and Creative Commons licensing. The book is essential reading for anyone interested in the current debate about copyright and the Internet. It opens up discussion and offers practical solutions to the difficult question of the regulation of culture at the digital age.

Author : Karen Calhoun
Publisher : Facet Publishing
Page : 353 pages
File Size : 28,60 MB
Release : 2014-01-01
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 1856048209

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A landmark textbook on digital libraries for LIS students, educators and practising information professionals throughout the world. Exploring Digital Libraries is a highly readable, thought-provoking authorative and in-depth treatment of the digital library arena that provides an up-to-date overview of the progress, nature and future impact of digital libraries, from their collections and technology-centred foundations over two decades ago to their emergent, community-centred engagement with the social web. This essential textbook: • Brings students and working librarians up to date on the progress, nature and impact of digital libraries, bridging the gap since the publication of the best-known digital library texts • Frames digital library research and practice in the context of the social web and makes the case for moving beyond collections to a new emphasis on libraries’ value to their communities • Introduces several new frameworks and novel syntheses that elucidate digital library themes, suggest strategic directions, and break new ground in the digital library literature. • Calls a good deal of attention to digital library research, but is written from the perspective of strategy and in-depth experience • Provides a global perspective and integrates material from many sources in one place - the chapters on open repositories and hybrid libraries draw together past, present and prospective work in a way that is unique in the literature. Readership: Exploring Digital Libraries suits the needs of a range of readers, from working librarians and library leaders to LIS students and educators, or anyone who wants a highly readable and thought-provoking overview of the field and its importance to the future of libraries.