The Digital Media Handbook (Media Practice) - Hardcover

Book 1 of 17: Media Practice

Dewdney, Andrew; Ride, Peter

 
9780415699891: The Digital Media Handbook (Media Practice)
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0415699894 ISBN 13: 9780415699891
Publisher: Routledge, 2013

Synopsis

The new edition of The Digital Media Handbook presents an essential guide to the historical and theoretical development of digital media, emphasising cultural continuity alongside technological change, and highlighting the emergence of new forms of communication in contemporary networked culture.

Andrew Dewdney and Peter Ride present detailed critical commentary and descriptive historical accounts, as well as a series of interviews from a range of digital media practitioners, including producers, developers, curators and artists.

The Digital Media Handbook highlights key concerns of today’s practitioners, analysing how they develop projects, interact and solve problems within the context of networked communication.

The Digital Media Handbook includes:

  • Essays on the history and theory of digital media

  • Essays on contemporary issues and debates

  • Interviews with digital media professionals

  • A glossary of technical acronyms and key terms.

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About the Author

Andrew Dewdney is Professor of Educational Development at London South Bank University. He is Director of the Digital Art Gallery at London South Bank University and teaches about digital media in networked culture. He has a particular research interest in the impact of digital media upon museums and his recently co-authored book, Post Critical Museology: Theory and Practice in the Art Museum was published by Routledge in 2013.

Peter Ride is Principal Research Fellow at the University of Westminster where he is Course Leader in the MA Museums, Galleries and Contemporary Culture. He works in the field of digital and visual culture. He is also a digital media and art curator and was previously the Artistic Director of The Digital Arts Development Agency (DA2).

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Publisher
Routledge
Publication date
2013
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0415699894
ISBN 13 
9780415699891
Binding
Hardcover
Edition number
2
Number of pages
432

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