rough ideas for dissertation.

I was going to write my dissertation by further exploring ideas discussed in my essay last year, which dealt with immersivity in virtual environments. Have decided to go with a different topic, more in line with current interests and future study/career paths. Reading various theorists take on photography in society and what the effects digital photography is having, an it's changing role in multimedia.


currently reading

From the externalization of mind to the implantation of technology - Lev Manovich

The Paradoxes of Digital Photography - Lev Manovich

The Photographic Image in Digital Culture - Martin Lister

Understanding Media - McLuhan

The Reconfigured Eye - William Mitchell

Digital Design media - William Mitchell

Remediation, Understanding New Media - Bolter and Grusin

On Photography - Susan Sontag

On Photography - Roland Barthes