Drama and Digital Arts Cultures

<i>Drama and Digital Arts Cultures</i> is a critical guide to the new forms of playful exploration co-creativity and improvised performance made possible by digital networked media. Drawing on examples from games education online media technology-enabled performance and the creative industries the book uses the elements of applied drama to frame our understanding of digital cultures.<br/><br/>Exploring the connected real-world and virtual spaces where young people are making and sharing digital content it draws attention to the fundamental applied drama conventions that infuse and activate this networked culture. Challenging descriptions of drama and digital technology as binary opposites the book maps common principles and practice grounded in role embodiment performance play and identity that are being amplified and enhanced by the affordances of online media. <br/><br/><i>Drama and Digital Arts Cultures</i> draws together extensive original research including interviews with game designers media producers educators artists and makers at the heart of these new digital cultures. Young people discuss their own creative practices and products providing insight into a complex and evolving world being transformed by digital technologies. A practical guide to the field it contains case studies and examples of the intersections of drama conventions and networked cultures drawn from the US Canada UK Netherlands Singapore and Australia.<br/><br/>Written for scholars educators students and 'makers' everywhere <i>Drama and Digital Arts Cultures </i>provides a clear understanding of how young people are blending creativity and learning with the powerful and empowering conventions of drama to create new forms of multimodal and transmedia storytelling.