Language, Texts, and Technology

A blog for students in Dene Grigar's course, DTC 375 "Language, Texts and Technology"

Study Guide for the Exam

1. Terms to Know
Media
Medium
Mediums
Multimedia
Intermedia
Mass Media
Transmedia
New Media / Digital Media
Language
Text
Textuality
Boolean Logic
Bits
Bytes
ASCII
Logic Blocks
Programming Language
Analog
Digital
Binary Code
Hexadecimal number
Noise
Music
Acousmatics
Synaesthesia
Translation
Ambiguity
Interpretation
Materiality (Tangible and Intangible Materiality)
Metaphor
Technotext
Reproduction
Representation
Linear
Linearity
Hypertextuality
Remediation
Immersion
Avatar
Participatory Narrative
Interactivity
Embodiment
Disembodiment
Posthuman
Telepresence
Telematics

2. Concepts to Understand
Orality, Print, and Electronic Mediums: Definitions and Characteristics
Sensory Modalities and Proprioception
Three “Brains” and the “Appeals”
How We Take in and Organize Information
Communication Triangle
Shannon Model
Traits of New Media
13 Genres of Digital Media
Basic concepts underlying digital media
Visual and Acoustic Space
Relationship between Computers and Information
How Computers are Structured
Steps to Communicating with a Computer
Media Specific Analysis
Material Properties of Print and Electronic Texts
Electronic Writing
Immersive Experiences
CAVE and other Interactive Immersive Environments
Relationship between Multimedia, Multisensory Perception, Immersion, and Interactivity
Shannon’s Information Theory
Figuration and Representation

. . . and, for your edification:), an article published by CNN.com that talks about a 4th C Bible being made available online. The interesting part besides the internet disseminating images of the book is that fact that its pages had been taken apart years ago and kept in different museums and libraries around the world. The internet will put the book back together for the first time in years.

http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/07/21/online.bible.ap/index.html

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