New media studies

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An emerging academic discipline, new media studies explores the intersections of computing, science, the humanities, and the visual and performing arts, what Dr. Janet Murray calls "a single new medium of representation, the digital medium, formed by the braided interplay of technical invention and cultural expression at the end of the 20th century...."

In an undergraduate course on New Media Studies, students are exposed to ideas and insights on media from communication theorists, programmers, educators, and technologists. Among others, the work of Marshall McLuhan is viewed as one of the cornerstones of the study of media theory. McLuhan’s slogan, "the medium is the message" (elaborated on his 1964 book, Understanding Media: The Extensions of Man, ^[1] calls attention to the intrinsic effect of communications media.

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The New Media Reader, ed. Noah Wardrip-Fruin and Nick Nontfort. Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press, 2003.

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