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| Hypertext |
--ability to create links to other website
--made the internet more accessible because you didn't necesarily have to know the exact address of a website to find it |
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| Emergent Narrative |
--the player creates the narrative, there is no set direction for it to go, although there are certain specified constructs
--e.g. The Sims |
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| Embedded Narrative |
--static story elements
--previously created scenes will play into between different levels to continue the narrative
--e.g. Myst |
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| Enacted Narrative |
--you are given a mission, and while playing enact certain parts of the narrative
--e.g. Grand Theft Auto |
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| Vector Graphics |
--use shapes and lines to make shapes as a mathematical formula
--involved scalable polygons
--example: Super Mario 64 |
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| Raster graphics |
--character sprites
--not scalable, hard to change size of images
--difficult to have great 3D
--represented as an array of pixels
--example: Sonic the Hedgehog |
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| Cartrige Systems |
--There was a single console into which you could insert various cartridges to play different games
--Atari 2600 |
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| Dedicated Console |
--the game would be embedded within the hardware of the console
--could only play one game |
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| MMORPG |
--Massively Multi-Player Online Role Playing Game
--e.g. World of Warcraft, Final Fantasy, Ultima Online |
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| Web 2.0 |
--downloading, video streaming (bandwith and software requirements)
--user generated content and social networking (corporate cooptation)
--sharing, etc. |
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| Digital Divide |
--gap between people with effective access to digital and information technology and those without |
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| GUI |
--graphical user interface which allows people to interact with electrical devices |
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sterlina Mon, 17 Nov 2008 19:52:06 GMT |
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| UNIVAC |
--Universal Automatic Computer
--used by large businesses and the US Census Bureau
--entered in the early 50's |
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| Packet Switching |
split information into little packets that are reassembled at their destination |
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| TCP/IP |
--linked private networks |
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| ARPANET |
--funded by the Department of Defense in the 60's and 70's
--idea of packet switching: split information into little packets that are reassembled at their destination |
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| Remediation |
--new media incorporates and adapts elements of old media
--e.g. when websites put up old tv shows or films
--Sin City: new digital techniques help to remediate the comic book |
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| Synergy |
--mutually beneficial relationships which are created through horizontal integration
--cross platform distribution and cross promotion |
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| Collective Intelligence |
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sterlina Mon, 17 Nov 2008 20:13:43 GMT |
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| Integrated/Embedded Advertising |
--product placement, etc. |
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| Transmedia Storytelling |
--narrative unfolds across multiple media platforms
--each medium makes a distinctive contribution to the story (blurring lines between primary and secondary texts and ancillary products)
--narrative world building |
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| Repurposing |
shifting content from the network to a cable station or website, etc. |
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| Telecommunications Act of 1996 |
--Digital Broadcasting Mandate
--ownership restrictions livted
--phone/cable companies can conglomerate and merge |
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| Narrowcasting |
targeting narrower demographics, happens particularly with cable channels and networks |
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sterlina Fri, 14 Nov 2008 01:51:35 GMT |
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| Convergence |
Industrial: Media Conglomeratioin and Corporate Synergies
Technological: blurring boundaries between media technologies
Cultural Convergence: cross platform media flows and transmedia narrative, narrative world building; cross platform media consumption and "participatory culture" |
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| Horizontal vs. Vertical Integration |
horizontal: concentration of media ownership into the hands of transmedia conglomerates
vertical: each member of a hierarchy produces/does something different as part of the larger company |
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| Conglomeration |
Example of industrial convergence
Deregulation: easing of ownership rules
Synergy: mutually beneficial relationships are created through horizontal integration (cross platform distribution and cross promotion) |
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| Motion Capture |
recording movements of human actors and transferring them onto a digital model, e.g. in Polar Express |
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sterlina Fri, 14 Nov 2008 01:45:32 GMT |
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| Digital Compositing |
images from different sources are combined to make a single image, i.e. in LOTR to make the battle scene |
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| Nonlinear Editing |
modern editing technique: with it, you are able to access any frame in a video clip easily; source files are not lost during editing--they can be reused, etc. |
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sterlina Fri, 14 Nov 2008 01:45:32 GMT |
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| CGI |
Computer Generated Imagrey: used increasingly as part of digital filmmaking |
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