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OverviewWhen the new medium of CD-ROMs emerged, industry figures and critics alike proclaimed their virtually unlimited potential. Adapting material from well-established media like television and film, CD-ROMs have quickly transformed genres such as science fiction and horror. At the same time, the realities of actual CD-ROMs often fall short of their utopian visions. On a Silver Platter marks a ""coming of age"" for CD-ROMs as a commercially and aesthetically significant medium demanding critical attention. Greg Smith brings together media scholars such as Lisa Cartwright, Henry Jenkins, Janet Murray, and Scott Bukatman to analyze how CD-ROMs offer alternatives to familiar places--to museums, to cities, and especially to classrooms. Examining specific CD-ROM titles, including, Sim City, Civilization, and Phantasmagoria, the contributors argue that CD-ROMs are complex texts worthy of close consideration, both for how they have changed our understanding of space and genre, and for how they will impact the development of future media. By examining particular CD-ROM texts and contexts, On a Silver Platter probes this new medium for insight and understanding into the current state of multimedia and into the future of technology. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Greg M. SmithPublisher: New York University Press Imprint: New York University Press Dimensions: Width: 15.30cm , Height: 2.10cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.544kg ISBN: 9780814780800ISBN 10: 0814780806 Pages: 256 Publication Date: 01 December 1998 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsReviewsAn outstanding biography of the most unusual and controversial king of the 20th century. Highly recommended. - CHOICE , Very well researched, critical yet balanced, this is the best book about Zog to have appeared in any language. -Bejtullah Destani, Director of the Centre for Albanian Studies Vivid and atmospheric, but based on solid and scrupulous research, this is an outstanding account of one of the most intriguing figures in twentieth-century Balkan history. Non-specialists will read it with pleasure and fascination, and even specialists in Albanian history will find much to learn here from Jason Tomes's marvelously lucid analysis of the politics and diplomacy of the period. -Noel Malcolm, author of Bosnia: A Short History and Kosovo: A Short History <p> Very well researched, critical yet balanced, this is the best book about Zog to have appeared in any language. -Bejtullah Destani, Director of the Centre for Albanian Studies Author InformationGreg M. Smith teaches media studies at Carlow College in Pittsburgh, PA. He is coediting Passionate Views: Thinking About Film and Emotion. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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