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´Using numerous illustrations and case studies, the author maps out the creative process involved in producing interactive media, such as CD-ROM productions and network applications. Looking at concrete outstanding examples, various contributions by international multimedia authors, designers, and artists shed light on the role and function of interactive media in the context of exhibitions, museums, cultural learning, entertainment, film, and television. The publication explores methods and strategies of interactive dramaturgy that go beyond interactive storytelling. The emphasis is on new modes of dramaturgy, where the user is actively involved, cooperation among users is supported, and repeated visits are motivated.

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Aspects of Interactive Dramaturgies: Thematic Frame and Authors´ Contributions.- 1 Elements of a History of Interactive Dramaturgy Cultural Fingerprints in the Digital Net.- 2 The New Horsemen of the Apocalypse The Role of Drama in Education.- 3 Dialogue with Machines Can Computers Be Interactive?.- 4 The Poem Gita-Govinda System Concepts for Cultural learning Documents.- 5 Interactively Setting in Motion the Wheel of law Telling the Life and Philosophy of Buddha: The Mural Paintings of the Temple of the Emerald Buddha in Bangkok.- 6 In the Place of Coincidence Archaeology of the Unconscious The Sigmund Freud CD-ROM Nofrontiere Design.- 7 Setting the Stage for Interaction Digital Craft and the Museums of the 21st Century.- 8 Interactive Narrative and Integrated Applications in a Museum The Role of Interactive Media in the J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles.- 9 metaField: Interactive DataSpaces Exploring the Home/Work/Art-Making/Play-Spaces of the Future Ron MacNeil.- 10 The Crossing Living, Dying and Transformation in Banaras: A Multimedia Cultural Learning Project for the Next Millenium.- 11 Action, Adventure, Desire Interaction with PC Games.- 12 Games of Gods Black&White: The Omnipotence of the Player.- 13 Interactive Movies Practical Experimentation with Parallel Video Streams.- 14 TypoToons(TM) & TattleToons Children´s Interactive Television.- 15 Interactive Stories: Strategies and Modes of Interactive Dramaturgy Writing Public Literature in an Evolving Internet Environment.- 16 Click and Roll: "Paul is Dead" The Rock and Roll Murder Mystery.- 17 Frames: At the Edge and Beyond Constructing the Emerging Languages in Computer-Mediated Narratives and Communications.- 18 The Circular Page Designing a Theatre of Choice.- 19 Write a Story as a Building Interactive Media Content Design.- About the Authors.

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From the reviews:

"This book, excellent in its choice of authors, presentation and illustrations, examines interlinked topics that include visual language and interface design, methods of conceptualizing human-machine communication and interactions which break with linear narrative traditions. ... Its range of ideas and the quality of discussion recommend that it should be placed within the reach of all researchers, designers and teachers who are interested in the educational potential of interactive media." (Prof. Roger Hartley, Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 2005)

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