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Circuits, Cycles, Configurations: An Interaction Model of Web Comics

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Interactive Storytelling (ICIDS 2020)

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We are accustomed to thinking about multimedia technologies as a coming-together: consider the convergence of still images and sound in film, for example. This approach, however, struggles to accommodate the slippery distinction between different components in a digital space. This paper approaches new technology as a perceptually-generated matrix holding discrete components in relation to one another. These temporary formation of interacting components facilitate a unique structure which is other than the sum of its component parts. It outlines the unique lifecycle of the webcomic, and its relationship with infrastructures both of feedback and distribution, through the systematic evaluation of the specific calibration of technology-based interaction found in the medium.

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  1. The Open University, Milton Keynes, MK7 7LX, UK

    Alessio Antonini & Francesca Benatti

  2. Richmond University, London, TW10 6JP, UK

    Sam Brooker

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  3. Creative Technology, Bournemouth University, Poole, Dorset, UK

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Antonini, A., Brooker, S., Benatti, F. (2020). Circuits, Cycles, Configurations: An Interaction Model of Web Comics. In: Bosser, AG., Millard, D.E., Hargood, C. (eds) Interactive Storytelling. ICIDS 2020. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 12497. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-62516-0_26

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