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review of manovich

A really neat summary that breaks down the actual fair use law and analyzes it as it applies to movie reviews. pretty interesting and very useful.

Review of suggested further reading on the subject

Remediation is an insightful book because of Bolter and Grusin's relentless tracking down of implications in the "double logic of remediation" (2) and the concepts of remediation, immediacy, transparent immediacy, hypermediacy, and mediation.

Summary of remediation

definition and example of key terms

This site gave great definitions of all three of these terms.

Remediation has influenced digital writing because it causes students to rethink how their words are perceived by others. It also influences students to produce media like web pages.

Quick reference to remediation, immediacy, hypermediacy and mediation with definitions and examples.

Definition of Remediation, Immediacy, Hypermediacy

I really like how this article ties directly to new media, which connects to what we learn in class everyday. It makes me interested in the book that is being reviewed.

This site has a really good diagram of the difference between immediacy and hypermediacy. One difference is that immediacy is like a virtual reality while hypermediacy is like tv news reports

The bounds for new media are set by five "principles of new media" present in most new media objects, which "should be considered not as absolute laws but rather as general tendencies of a culture undergoing computerization"

The most important forms of new media are, according to Manovich, database and navigable space.

Bolter and Grusin's theory of remediation brings yet another way of thinking about new media and answering these questions. For Bolter and Grusin the specificity of new media, their "newness," lies in the way they remediate older media.

Remediation is used in music to refashion live versions of media. The live version is recreated and multiplied, creating a studio and synthesized final version of the product.

This website provided a great run down on the book Remediation and the theory behind it. It was a great supplement to the reading and really helped me further my understanding of it. Remediation is something that is constantly going on around us, and is very important to understand. It is the driving force for the progress of our media.

This website has a short and sweet explanation for all of the elements and principles of design, which I feel like will come in handy later on when/if I need to quickly review some basic differences between the few of them. This page specifically focuses on the importance of value.

This site gives a breif, but interesting description of value.

Discussion Board Etiquette This page provides several tips for message board posting etiquette from basic elements like providing a relevant title on a post to more serious issues such as staying away from posting about a personal business or product.