Caroline Bassett
- Published in print:
- 2007
- Published Online:
- July 2012
- ISBN:
- 9780719073427
- eISBN:
- 9781781700907
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- Manchester University Press
- DOI:
- 10.7228/manchester/9780719073427.001.0001
- Subject:
- Society and Culture, Media Studies
This book is a defence of narrative in an age of information. Stressing interpretation and experience alongside affect and sensation, it argues that narrative is key to contemporary forms of cultural ...
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This book is a defence of narrative in an age of information. Stressing interpretation and experience alongside affect and sensation, it argues that narrative is key to contemporary forms of cultural production and to the practice of contemporary life. Re-appraising the prospects for narrative in the digital age, the book insists on the centrality of narrative to informational culture and provokes a critical re-appraisal of how innovations in information technology as a material cultural form can be understood and assessed. It offers a careful exploration of narrative theory, a critique of techno-cultural writing, and a series of tightly focused case studies. All of which point the way to a restoration of a critical — rather than celebratory — approach to new media.Less
This book is a defence of narrative in an age of information. Stressing interpretation and experience alongside affect and sensation, it argues that narrative is key to contemporary forms of cultural production and to the practice of contemporary life. Re-appraising the prospects for narrative in the digital age, the book insists on the centrality of narrative to informational culture and provokes a critical re-appraisal of how innovations in information technology as a material cultural form can be understood and assessed. It offers a careful exploration of narrative theory, a critique of techno-cultural writing, and a series of tightly focused case studies. All of which point the way to a restoration of a critical — rather than celebratory — approach to new media.
Vartan Gregorian
- Published in print:
- 2010
- Published Online:
- March 2016
- ISBN:
- 9780814741405
- eISBN:
- 9780814786550
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- NYU Press
- DOI:
- 10.18574/nyu/9780814741405.003.0002
- Subject:
- Education, Educational Policy and Politics
This chapter provides an overview of the changing dynamics of education. It begins by questioning what it means to be an “educated” person in the age of information, as well as how educational ...
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This chapter provides an overview of the changing dynamics of education. It begins by questioning what it means to be an “educated” person in the age of information, as well as how educational institutions can help students get there. By petitioning schools, particularly institutions of higher education, to formulate and assert a clear philosophy of education, the chapter discusses the challenges associated with education in a time of unrestrained information and communication. The integration of knowledge and the promotion of lifelong learning are crucial to the goals of cultivating engaged citizens in an educated society. The chapter cites Ross School as an example of these core principles and as a template for how to convert philosophy and vision into an educational reality.Less
This chapter provides an overview of the changing dynamics of education. It begins by questioning what it means to be an “educated” person in the age of information, as well as how educational institutions can help students get there. By petitioning schools, particularly institutions of higher education, to formulate and assert a clear philosophy of education, the chapter discusses the challenges associated with education in a time of unrestrained information and communication. The integration of knowledge and the promotion of lifelong learning are crucial to the goals of cultivating engaged citizens in an educated society. The chapter cites Ross School as an example of these core principles and as a template for how to convert philosophy and vision into an educational reality.
