Interactive Media: The Semiotics of Embodied Interaction

• Main Author: O'Neill, Shaleph (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: London : Springer London, 2008.
• Subjects: Computer science.; Multimedia information systems.; User interfaces (Computer systems).; Multimedia systems.; Computer Science.; User Interfaces and Human Computer Interaction.; Multimedia Information Systems.; Media Design.

Interactive media is pervasive. The colonization of our everyday lives by the computational power of the silicon chip is a fundamental feature of our digital age, and raises important questions such as: What does this mean for us as inhabitants of such media rich environments? How can we make sense...

Table of Contents:

• Media, Mediation and Interactive Media
• Approaching Interaction
• Affordance: A Case of Confusion
• Semiotic Theory
• Semiotics and Screen Based Interaction
• Semiotics and Interactive Environments
• Being-with-Media
• Embodied Semiotics
• Understanding Interactive Media
• Concluding Thoughts.