The CD-ROM Novel Myst and McLuhan's Fourth Law of Media
Myst and Its “Retrievals”
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| ID | 20299800 |
|---|---|
| Autores | David Miles (0000-0002-6387-0041, Seton Hall University, autor correspondente) |
| Ano | 1996 |
| Volume | 46 |
| Fascículo | 2 |
| Páginas | 4-18 |
| Data de publicação | 1996-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Sim |
| Open Access | Sim |
| Tipo | ARTICLE |
| Periódico | Journal of Communication (JOURNAL) |
| Identificadores do periódico | ISSN: 0021-9916 • E-ISSN: 1460-2466 |
| Editora | Oxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1460-2466.1996.tb01471.x |
| OpenAlex | W1987409785 |
| Idioma | EN |
| Citações recebidas | 4 |
| Referências citadas | 3 |
Myst, the first CD-ROM multimedia novel to sell over one million copies, signals both the breakthrough of a new art form, and, in accordance with McLuban's fourth law of media, the retrieval of art forms long thought to be obsolete. Myst, in fact, resurrects forms ranging from the Homeric epic to medieval allegory, from Tristram Shandy to Jorge Luis Borges, from silent cinema to surrealist painting. In shaping these older art forms into a new genre of miniature theater, complete with multiple interactive pathways, Myst is less a herald of the Gutenberg Galaxy's demise than it is of its reinvention into something rich and strange—a new media form in which the “reader” becomes not only coauthor, but also theater goer, movie goer, museum visitor, and player, all at the same time. With one stroke, Myst has shifted forever the horizon of our communications expectations
Art · Art history · Demise · EPIC · Greenwich · Literature · Movie theater · Law · Media, Communication, and Education
| Obras citantes distintas | 4 |
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| Citações por ano | 0,2 |
| Intervalo de citações | 2006 - 2012 (7) |
| Velocidade de citação | historical |
| Altamente citado | Não |
| Tipos de citação | Neutras: 1 |