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This article discusses the concept of multimedia literature, focusing on hypertext and cybertexts, and explores their potential future. It examines the role of semiotics in understanding these forms of literature and considers examples and authors in the field.
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What is Multimedia Literature and Does it Have a Future? Dr. Mikle Ledgerwood: Samford University and State University of New York at Stony Brook
Abstract • http://www.kflcabstracts.uky.edu/index.php/kflcabstractsite/kflc2009/paper/view/606
What is it/can it be? • Multimedia? • Open-ended? • Hypertext?
Hypertext • Semiotics? • Hypertext and hypermedia • Cybertexts and cybermedia? • Theory links.
Hypertext Links • http://www.cyberartsweb.org/cpace/ht/htlitov.html
Mediapolis • http://books.google.com/books?id=o5_51lT93ncC&pg=PA14&lpg=PA14&dq=mediapolis+hypertext&source=bl&ots=zr-OrTmlAH&sig=Dl2tTN6IynV89YWa6NBMjzcdBfs&hl=en&ei=g19JSrPmMYie8wTv7-CTDQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=3
Semiotics of the Media • http://books.google.com/books?id=2Zk_Meiva7MC&dq=semiotics+of+the+media&printsec=frontcover&source=bl&ots=Syr58O8X0a&sig=kCXx_JbqO4dw0q4zg6EOFGM4MD4&hl=en&ei=AmBJSqv3OpSu8QSV-uGTDQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=7
Voyager Company • Story and history • Titles • If Monks Made Macs, etc. • Residents Freak Show? http://www.cdaccess.com/html/shared/resfreak.htm
Voyager history • http://www.eai.org/resourceguide/preservation/computer/pdf-docs/voyager_casestudy.pdf
If Monks had Macs • http://www.user-groups.net/news/monks_macs.html
Puppet Motel • Lori Anderson. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kPYOSLqN5Ns
Poetry in Motion • Bukowski http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r1e5Jeh2Fk0 • Four Horsemen http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ahUdQd_YtwM • Helen Adamhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t9b7RhTYUKE
Examples • Storyspace • Eastgate Systems • Authors • http://www.eastgate.com
Katherine Hayles • Is this a remnant which shall remain or a future wave? • http://collection.eliterature.org/1/
Electronic Poetry Center • http://epc.buffalo.edu
More Mainstream? • Greg Roach • The Madness of Roland • http://www.hyperbole.com/full/serial/roland/roland.html • Quantum Gate http://www.adventureclassicgaming.com/index.php/site/reviews/27/ • XFiles