tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-954186965385152070.post8817022887850919548..comments2012-10-28T19:18:55.010-04:00Comments on DigiMedia10: Manovich-The Language of New MediaLance Stratehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13033954765699126246noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-954186965385152070.post-50336157906677877952010-06-14T22:11:38.802-04:002010-06-14T22:11:38.802-04:00Of course, we did talk about the digital, and the ...Of course, we did talk about the digital, and the concept of information, prior to reading this book, Jantzen.<br /><br />Alex, of course, we can go over anything you have questions about in class, and in the meantime, good job in noting those basic characteristics of new media that Manovich identifies. It's a useful taxonomy, albeit one that we should not take as written in stone.Lance Stratehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13033954765699126246noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-954186965385152070.post-60311024754708576002010-06-11T15:30:24.792-04:002010-06-11T15:30:24.792-04:00In adding to Alex's comment, I wasn't surp...In adding to Alex's comment, I wasn't surprised but it did impact me that all of the characters, images, sounds, and functions of a computer are synthesized down to mathematical functions. therefore, the "digital" concept becomes apparent. I used to think at some point in time that anything digital was nothing but rays of light with supernatural powers. This never dawned upon me to see digital technology as a combination of functions. You are right, we do take for granted that computers are present in our lives. These images we see across the screen are nothing but framees that are intertwines or connected, but these frames represent an expansion of some simple structure. The computer program, for instance, is an example of a set of commands utilizing some mathematical principle or formula. The key word is continuity. Manovich makes a good explanation of this idea comparing film to computers. Now with that explained, the goal here is to discover what we can make out of this after "understanding" the operation of new media, and it would obviously be a good idea if Proffesor Strate could explain the concept of meanings embedded in objects and its relation to computers.JessLuv75https://www.blogger.com/profile/13872958701471080453noreply@blogger.com