What New Media is Not Reading Questions

Lev Manovich - One Million Manga

1. Do Manovich's Five Principles help to better understand New Media? Do these concepts and principles give more authenticity to the medium of digital art? With the emergence of new visual media and media culture in society, do you believe these theories are necessary? Why?

2. "What before had been a mental process, a uniquely individual state, now became part of the public sphere. Unobserved and interior processes and representations were taken out of individual heads and placed outside … What was private became public. What was unique became mass-produced."

I felt this was a fantastic way to describe Interactive Media. Now when we view "New Media" it forces individuals to connect with the artist by absorbing their individuality and being impacted by their idea. Do you believe art is more effective? How does this concept burn the "Digital Divide" article we read?