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A few possible definitions from Lev Manovich. New Media. New Media are Cultural Objects Which Use Digital Computer Technology for Distribution and Exhibition. Internet Websites Computer Games. New Media as Digital Data Controlled by Software.
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New Media are Cultural Objects Which Use Digital Computer Technology for Distribution and Exhibition
Or the flexibility of digital data allows us to represent that information in different ways. Think personalized webistes, etc.
New Media as the Mix Between Existing Cultural Conventions and the Conventions of Software
Film conventions in video games?Book conventions on the Web?
New Media as Faster Execution of Algorithms Previously Executed Manually or Through other Technologies
New Media as the Encoding of Modernist Avant-Garde; New Media as Metamedia
Art loses its emphasis on creating new forms and looks to recombine old forms in new ways. Pastiche, Montage, Cut-ups, and sampling.
New Media as Parallel Articulation of Similar Ideas in Post-WWII Art and Modern Computing
HappeningsPerformancesInstallationsActive audience participation
We have talked about technological objects but not about their use.