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Phantasmal Media: An Approach to Imagination, Computation, and Expression

Phantasmal Media: An Approach to Imagination, Computation, and Expression

Harrell, D. Fox

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General ComputersGeneral Sociology

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ISBN10: 0262019337
ISBN13: 9780262019330
Publisher: Mit Pr
Published: Nov 8 2013
Pages: 440
Weight: 2.51
Height: 1.16 Width: 7.19 Depth: 9.43
Language: English
An argument that great expressive power of computational media arises from the construction of phantasms--blends of cultural ideas and sensory imagination.

In Phantasmal Media, D. Fox Harrell considers the expressive power of computational media. He argues, forcefully and persuasively, that the great expressive potential of computational media comes from the ability to construct and reveal phantasms--blends of cultural ideas and sensory imagination. These ubiquitous and often-unseen phantasms--cognitive phenomena that include sense of self, metaphors, social categories, narrative, and poetic thinking--influence almost all our everyday experiences. Harrell offers an approach for understanding and designing computational systems that have the power to evoke these phantasms, paying special attention to the exposure of oppressive phantasms and the creation of empowering ones. He argues for the importance of cultural content, diverse worldviews, and social values in computing. The expressive power of phantasms is not purely aesthetic, he contends; phantasmal media can express and construct the types of meaning central to the human condition.

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