Materializing New Media: Embodiment in Information Aesthetics

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materializing new media INTERFACES: Studies in Visual Culture Editors Mark J. Williams and Adrian W. B. Randolph, Dartmouth College This series, sponsored by Dartmouth College Press, develops and promotes the study of visual culture from a variety of critical and methodological perspectives. Its impetus derives from the increasing importance of visual signs in everyday life, and from the rapid expansion of what are termed “new media.” The broad cultural and social dynamics attendant to these developments present new challenges and opportunities across and within the disciplines. These have resulted in a trans-disciplinary fascination with all things visual, from “high” to “low,” and from esoteric to popular. This series brings together approaches to visual culture—broadly conceived—that assess these dynamics critically and that break new ground in understanding their effects and implications. Recent books in this series Anna Munster, Materializing New Media: Embodiment in Information Aesthetics Luc Pauwels, ed., Visual Cultures of Science: Rethinking Representational Practices in Knowledge Building and Science Communication Lisa Saltzman and Eric Rosenberg, eds., Trauma and Visuality in Modernity For the complete list of books in this series, please visit www.upne.com and www.upne.com/series/IVSS.html materializing new media embodiment in information aesthetics anna munster dartmouth college press hanover, new hampshire published by university press of new england hanover and london Dartmouth College Press Published by University Press of New England, One Court Street, Lebanon, NH 03766 www.upne.com© 2006 by Anna Munster Printed in the United States of America 5 4 3 2 1 All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any electronic or mechanical means, including storage and retrieval systems, without permission in writing from the publisher, except by a reviewer, who may quote brief passages in a review. Members of educational institutions and organizations wishing to photocopy any of the work of classroom use, or authors and publishers who would like to obtain permission for any of the material in the work, should contact Permissions, University Press of New England, One Court Street, Lebanon, NH 03766. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Munster, Anna. Materializing new media : embodiment in information aesthetics / Anna Munster.—1st ed. p. cm.—(Interfaces, studies in visual culture) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN–13: 978–1–58465–557–2 (cloth : alk. paper) ISBN–10: 1–58465–557–7 (cloth : alk. paper) ISBN–13: 978–1–58465–558–9 (pbk. : alk paper) ISBN–10: 1–58465–558–5 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. Computers and civilization. I. Title. II. Series. QA76.9.C66M86 2006 303.48⬘33—dc22 2005031080 For Michele ...