Janet H. Murray è una stimata professoressa il cui lavoro esplora l'intersezione tra tecnologia e cultura. Approfondisce i principi della progettazione dell'interazione, esaminandone il profondo impatto come pratica culturale. Gli scritti di Murray illuminano come i media digitali plasmano la nostra comprensione del mondo e il nostro coinvolgimento con esso. La sua erudizione offre spunti critici sulla relazione in evoluzione tra gli esseri umani e le tecnologie che creano.
This reader compiles rare texts, videos, and programs that trace the development of new media, featuring contributions from notable figures like Borges, Turing, and McLuhan. It includes historical context and significance, alongside a CD with early games, digital art, and key video documentation of pioneering media works.
Stories define how we think, play, and understand our lives. In this comprehensive and readable book—already a classic statement of the aesthetics of digital media, acclaimed by practitioners and theorists alike—Janet Murray shows how the computer is reshaping the stories we live by. Murray discusses the unique properties and pleasures of digital environments and connects them with the traditional satisfactions of narrative. She analyzes the dramatic satisfaction of participatory stories and considers what would be necessary to move interactive fiction from the formats of childish games and confusing labyrinths into a mature and compelling art form. Through a blend of imagination and techno-wizardry, Murray provides both readers and writers with a guide to the storytelling of the future.