Monthly Archives: February 2014

Out now: Transcoding the Digital: How Metaphors Matter in New Media by Marianne van den Boomen

By Miriam Rasch, February 17, 2014

Read online, download the PDF or order a print copy at Lulu! Transcoding the Digital: How Metaphors Matter in New Media by Marianne van den Boomen is a material-semiotic inquiry into the constitutive role of metaphors in our daily encounters with computers and networks. While interface concepts such as desktop and windows are easily recognized [...]

Children’s Information – Who Cares? By Maarten Sprenger

By Miriam Rasch, February 13, 2014

‘For children searching the internet is like riding a roller coaster in an amusement park. How to choose one’s own route and get useful hits when searching? How to avoid delay and distraction? How to distinguish between nonsense and reliable resources? It’s hard for adults, but even harder for children.’ Children’s Information – Who Cares? [...]

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