Introduction / James Lyons, John Plunkett
Sect. 1. Culture, aesthetics and the influence of new media
Toys, instruments, machines : why the hardware matters / Ian Christie
'The suppleness of everyday life' : CGI, the lumiéres, and perception after photography / Damian Sutton
'Wouldn't you rather be at home?' : electronic media and the anti-urban impulse / William Boddy
Breaking the time barrier with John Cage / Charlie Gere
Sect. 2. Exploring remediation : old formats into new
From the album page to the computer screen : collecting photographs at home / Patrizia Di Bello
The return of curiosity : the world wide web as curiosity museum / Michelle Henning
From android to synthespian : the performance of artificial life / Dan North
As seen on TV : kinaesthetic crossover and the animation of social dance pedagogy / Jonathan Bollen
Sect. 3. Media consumption and interactivity
Depth, colour, movement : embodied vision and the stereoscope / John Plunkett
Penny Gaffs and picture theatres : popular perceptions of Britain's first cinemas / Andrew Shail
From museum to interactive television : organizing the navigable space of natural-history display / James Bennett
Imaginary spaces : user participation in networked narrative environments / Andrea Zapp
Sect. 4. Visions of convergence : bringing media together
lady of shalott' : optical elegy / Isabel Armstrong
Photographed tableaux and motion-picture aesthetics : Alexander Black's picture plays / Kaveh Askari
DVDs, video games and the cinema of interactions / Richard Grusin
From 'Nip/tuck' to cut/paste : remediating cosmetic surgery / James Lyons.
