Fractal dreams
Subtitle: new media in social context
By: edited by Jon Dovey.
Contributors: Dovey, Jon.
Publisher: Lawrence & Wishart
Published: 1996
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 218
Subjects: Interactive multimedia -- Social aspects.; Virtual reality.; Information society.; Freedom of information.; Computers and civilization.; Internet -- Social aspects.
Description: CD-ROM, CDI, VR... the digital media revolution is upon us - or so, this book argues, we are being led to believe. The essays in Fractal Dreams set out to explore what is new about New Media, mapping the territory of the mediasphere and distinguishing what is actual and what is virtual in these new worlds.

In these specially commissioned pieces, practitioners of New Media and cultural critics from Britain and North America grapple with key issues such as: who has access to technology? Is consumerism the same as access? Will art and everyday life finally merge in the shopping malls rather than the revolution?