The Emergence of the Digital Humanities

ISBN: 9780415635516 出版年：2013 页码：224 Steven E Jones Taylor & Francis

As many have noted, there has been a profound shift in our collective understanding of the digital network. What was once conceived of as a world apart is now part of the world. what was once understood to be a transcendent virtual reality is now more accurately described as a ubiquitous grid of data that we move through each and every day. In this exciting new book, Steven E. Jones examines the impact of this shift in our relationship to digital technology on humanities scholarship. Based on the premise that the network is now everywhere rather than merely 'out there,' Jones links together seemingly disparate cultural events--from the rise of motion-control gaming consoles and mobile platforms, to essential features of popular social media, to the controversy over the 'gamification' of everyday life (advertising, travel, education, and work), and most critically, to the emergence of the digital humanities.