Libros

La Red de Estudios Visuales Latinoamericanos (ReVLaT) es una asociación formada por una veintena de investigadores procedentes de todos los países latinoamericanos además de Estados Unidos, España, Suiza y Alemania. La Red tiene como objetivo principal el análisis crítico de imágenes, artefactos visuales y prácticas de la visualidad, dentro del amplio marco teórico de los estudios visuales.
"Cómo ver cómo" son los ensayos más relevantes de los dos últimos congresos de la Red y profundizan sobre la cultura visual latinoamericana y sus efectos. Este libro es el primer volumen de una colección que abordará diversos temas que dan Señas de Identidad a la visualidad latinoamericana.
La obra contribuye a la reflexión en torno a las características visuales y culturales de América Latina porque la cultura visual tiene un impacto político y abarca mucho más allá de las obras de arte: siempre está presente en nuestras vidas. siempre en el contexto de la visualidad global y, al mismo tiempo, cada investigador tiene en cuenta las especificidades históricas, sociales, políticas y geo-estéticas de la región.
El proyecto es, ante todo, un reto intelectual que compartimos con los lectores, bien sean especialistas en la materia o personas interesadas que buscan reflexionar de manera más general en relación con la cultura visual latinoamericana.

Video games have become a global industry, and their history spans dozens of national industries where foreign imports compete with domestic productions, legitimate industry contends with piracy, and national identity faces the global marketplace. This volume describes video game history and culture across every continent, with essays covering areas as disparate and far-flung as Argentina and Thailand, Hungary and Indonesia, Iran and Ireland. Most of the essays are written by natives of the countries they discuss, many of them game designers and founders of game companies, offering distinctively firsthand perspectives. Some of these national histories appear for the first time in English, and some for the first time in any language.

Readers will learn, for example, about the rapid growth of mobile games in Africa; how a meat-packing company held the rights to import the Atari VCS 2610 into Mexico; and how the Indonesian MMORPG Nusantara Online reflects that country’s cultural history and folklore. Every country or region’s unique conditions provide the context that shapes its national industry; for example, the long history of computer science in the United Kingdom and Scandinavia, the problems of piracy in China, the PC Bangs of South Korea, or the Dutch industry’s emphasis on serious games. As these essays demonstrate, local innovation and diversification thrive alongside productions and corporations with global aspirations.

Africa • Arab World • Argentina • Australia • Austria • Brazil • Canada • China • Colombia • Czech Republic • Finland • France • Germany • Hong Kong • Hungary • India • Indonesia • Iran • Ireland • Italy • Japan • Mexico • The Netherlands • New Zealand • Peru • Poland • Portugal • Russia • Scandinavia • Singapore • South Korea • Spain • Switzerland • Thailand • Turkey • United Kingdom • United States of America • Uruguay • Venezuela

This volume presents timely discussions on how digital technology is reshaping broadcasting and the media in the United States and around the world. It features contributions from distinguished scholars and young researchers, representing work that spans domestic and international issues of technological change and the implications for broadcasting and related media in a global context.

Among the many issues covered are:

The impact of digital technology on the structure of broadcasting organizations and regulation;

The nature of broadcast content or media programming and how it is delivered at home and abroad;

Engagement and interaction of the public with broadcasting and social and mobile media; and

The reshaping of revenue models for broadcasters and media organizations globally.

The first two parts of the volume, addressing research challenges, issues, and advances in global broadcasting, are competitively reviewed research papers which were presented at the BEA2114 Research Symposium. The third part focuses on international perspectives, with chapters from broadcasting scholars and paper discussants at the Research Symposium. This section provides reflection on the problems and prospects for research, education, and public policy that arise in this era of rapid and continuing change.

As a benchmark of the remarkable changes taking place in today’s media environment, the volume sets an agenda for future research on the implications of digital technology for broadcasting and broadcasting education.