Includes bibliographical references and index.

Machine generated contents note: introduction xi -- issues in the theory and practice of media convergence -- anna everett andjohn t. caldwell --part one: digitextual deconstructions --1. digitextuality and click theory: 3 -- theses on convergence media in the digital age -- anna everett --2. the radio as an apparatus of communication 29 -- bertolt brecht --3. invisible media 33 -- laura u. marks --4. exit meat: 47 -- digital bodies in a virtual world -- mischa peters --part two: digitextual aesthetics --5. space invaders: 63 -- thoughts on technology and the production of culture -- peter lunenfeld --6. the poetics of augmented space 75 -- lev manovich --7. too many notes: 93 -- computers, complexity, and culture in voyager -- geore e. lewis -- 8. the stories digital tools tell 107 -- tarleton gillespie' -- part three: prefiguring digitextuality --9. second-shift media aesthetics: 127 -- programming, interactivity, and user flows -- john t. caldwell -- 10. narrative mapping 145 -- stephen nlamber -- 11. real-time fairy tales: 159 -- cinema prefiguring digital anxiety -- mark williams -- 12. tulip theory 179 -- jeffrey sconce --part four: digitextual practices -- 13. net ratings: 197 -- defining a new medium by the old, measuring -- internet audiences -- karen s. f buzzard -- 14. flashing digital animations: 209 -- pixar's digital aesthetic -- katherine sarafian -- 15. log on: 225 -- the oxygen media research project -- constance penley, lisa parks, and anna everett -- 16. from barbie to mortal kombat: 243 -- further reflections -- henry jenkins -- 17. endnotes for a theory of convergence 255 -- joe amato.