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Explorations in Media Ecology - Volume 16, Issue 1, 2017
Volume 16, Issue 1, 2017
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A genealogy of computer-generated narrative
By Ellen RoseAbstractResponding to contemporary representations of computer-generated writing, which depict it as an inevitable and evolutionary development, this Foucauldian genealogy explores discourses on the digital production of narrative from the 1980s to the present, detailing the ways in which programmers, authors and scholars have negotiated different ways of thinking about what digital storymaking is and what ends it should serve. This article also inquires into the implications these competing views on computer-generated narrative have for readers, writers, computer users and society as a whole.
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The media ecology of play: A preliminary probe of childhood play in the digital age
Authors: Robert Albrecht and Carmine TaboneAbstractIn this article, the authors argue that children today, because of the digital environment in which they are growing up, have much less opportunity to engage in forms of play that require direct face-to-face communication. Building upon some suggestions made by Neil Postman, the authors probe the media ecology of play and how it has been fundamentally reconfigured in the digital age. What does digital technology do and undo to the traditional experience of childhood play? How do traditional oral-based forms of play differ from play that is digitally mediated? What are some of the ideas embedded in the digital mediation of play that need to be teased out and more carefully considered? Finally, reflecting on their own work with children over the past four decades, the authors offer a pragmatic response that both parallels the emphasis placed by John Huizinga in his book Homo Ludens on the primacy of play in the evolution of culture and, at the same time, strongly reflects the view advocated by Neil Postman in his book Teaching As a Conserving Activity of creating a ‘thermostatic mechanism’ that would counterbalance the dominant presence of electronic media in the lives of children.
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Jumping platforms: The ecology of converged news audiences
More LessAbstractThis case study used an extreme news event, a school shooting, to explore the concepts of news convergence within the context of media ecology. By analysing media reports from all outlets in a specific market, considering audience contributions and using an Internet-based focus group held three weeks after the event, the study sought to examine the intersection between the audience and media reports. The results indicated a converged audience, where information flowed from person to person and information channel to information channel. This study explores this dynamic, revealing a complex news ecosystem.
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Window rhetoric: Curtains, drapes and blinds
More LessAbstractTaking Wayne C. Booth's efforts to widen the definition of rhetoric, Augustine's remarks on ‘signs’ and ‘things’, Martin Heidegger's remarks on logos as points of departure, this article explores the rhetorical effects and implications of ordinary glass windows and their different but typical coverings, and how the double logos of windows alters and varies according to how windows are covered and how much or little is concealed by these coverings.
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Reconsidering the Net Generation: Putting the focus back on the technological landscape
Authors: Brett Lunceford and Steven C. RockwellAbstractScholars and pundits alike have devoted considerable attention to the so-called ‘Net Generation’, arguing that their status as ‘digital natives’ requires a complete reconception of how educators use technology. Although the explosion of educational technologies warrants closer examination, we argue that the need for this change comes not from some generational Zeitgeist, but rather the change in the technological landscape. Thus, a more fruitful approach is to examine educational technologies from a media ecology standpoint, considering what these technologies enhance, retrieve, reverse into and obsolesce.
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Volumes & issues
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Volume 22 (2023)
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Volume 21 (2022)
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Volume 20 (2021)
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Volume 19 (2020)
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Volume 18 (2019)
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Volume 17 (2018)
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Volume 16 (2017)
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Volume 15 (2016)
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Volume 14 (2015)
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Volume 13 (2014)
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Volume 12 (2013)
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Volume 11 (2012)
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Volume 10 (2011)
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Volume 9 (2010)
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Volume 8 (2009)
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Volume 7 (2008)
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Volume 6 (2007)
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Volume 5 (2006)
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Volume 4 (2005)
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Volume 3 (2004)
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Volume 2 (2003)
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Volume 1 (2002)