Phantasmal Media An Approach to Imagination, Computation, and Expression

Name: Phantasmal Media An Approach to Imagination, Computation, and Expression
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ISBN: 9780262019330

ISBN-10: 0262019337

ISBN-13: 9780262019330

Edition: 2013

Authors: D. Fox Harrell

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In Phantasmal Media, D. Fox Harrell considers the expressive powerof computational media. He argues, forcefully and persuasively, that the great expressive potentialof computational media comes from the ability to construct and reveal phantasms -- blends ofcultural ideas and sensory imagination. These ubiquitous and often-unseen phantasms -- cognitivephenomena that include sense of self, metaphors, social categories, narrative, and poetic thinking-- influence almost all our everyday experiences. Harrell offers an approach for understanding anddesigning computational systems that have the power to evoke these phantasms, paying specialattention to the exposure of oppressive phantasms and the…

Book details

List price: $45.00
Copyright year: 2013
Publisher: MIT Press
Publication date: 11/8/2013
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 440
Size: 7.30" wide x 9.30" long x 1.16" tall
Weight: 2.486
Language: English

D. Fox Harrell is Associate Professor of Digital Media at MIT.