Digital Media, History of
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T1 - Digital Media, History of
AU - Chun, Wendy
AU - Sodermann, Braxton
PY - 2008/6/5
Y1 - 2008/6/5
N2 - Digital media, also known as “new media,” comprise content created, disseminated, and/or stored using digital computers or mobile devices (video games, blogs, etc.), as well as their physical embodiment (DVDs, flash memory sticks, etc.). Digital media are often defined in contrast to “analog media,” new media in contrast to “mass media.” The history of digital media documents the move of computers from glorified calculators to devices for human communications, entertainment, and creative production, linking digital media to earlier interactive machines and media.
AB - Digital media, also known as “new media,” comprise content created, disseminated, and/or stored using digital computers or mobile devices (video games, blogs, etc.), as well as their physical embodiment (DVDs, flash memory sticks, etc.). Digital media are often defined in contrast to “analog media,” new media in contrast to “mass media.” The history of digital media documents the move of computers from glorified calculators to devices for human communications, entertainment, and creative production, linking digital media to earlier interactive machines and media.
KW - Digital media
U2 - 10.1002/9781405186407.wbiecd038
DO - 10.1002/9781405186407.wbiecd038
M3 - Contributions to collected editions/anthologies
SN - 978-1-4051-3199-5
VL - 4
BT - International Encyclopedia of Communication
PB - Wiley-Blackwell Publishing, Inc.
ER -