Mediapolis: Aspects of Texts, Hypertexts und Multimedial Communication (Research in Text Theory, 25)
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Mediapolis: Aspects of Texts, Hypertexts und Multimedial Communication (Research in Text Theory, 25)
This multidisciplinary anthology discusses the problems and possibilities of digital culture and the information age. It focuses on media critical, analytical and philosophical approaches to contemporary media cultures, future technologies, and electronic utopias. The following topics are among those discussed: the textual theory of hypertext multimedia literature; phenomenology; Nelson Goodman's philosophy of languages; Jean-Luc Godard as media philosopher; American television discourse; Internet in Russia; tomorrow's media environments; and the controversial advertising of Benetton. The main disciplines shared by the contributors are philosophy, semiotics, and media and communication studies.