Hansen.+New+Philosophy+for+New+Media

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=**Abstract** = In "New Philosophy for New Media", Mark Hansen defines the image in digital art in terms that go beyond the merely visual. Arguing that the "digital image" encompasses the entire process by which information is made perceivable, he places the body in a privileged position—as the agent that filters information in order to create images. By doing so, he counters prevailing notions of technological transcendence and argues for the indispensability of the human in the digital era.

=**Argument**= Hansen contends with the notion that although new technology has emerged e.g, digital photography and imaging the human body remains as a constant for these changes and also used as the framework t determine these changes, while making technological advance

=Key Passages= "Hansen examines new media art and theory in light of Henri Bergson's argument that affection and memory render perception impure—that we select only those images precisely relevant to our singular form of embodiment."(Timothy Lenoir)

=Selected Works Cited= Hansen, Mark B. N. New Philosophy for New Media Cambridge, Mass: MIT Press, 2004. Internet resource.Schmidt, William D, Donald A. Rieck, and Charles W. Vlcek. Managing   Lenoir, Timothy. "New Philosophy for New Media." //MIT PRESS //. Web. 29 Oct. 2011. .