Re: [-empyre-] precursors

[Adrian Miles <adrian.miles@rmit.edu.au>]

around the 14/10/05 giselle beiguelman mentioned about Re: [-empyre-] 
precursors that:
> and remember orson welles lessons. i think "citizen kane" and his
> radiophonic version for "the war of the worlds" are landmarks for the
> study of (new) media codes. don't you think so?

not wanting to disagree but I would have thought War of the Worlds is 
an exemplar of a) mockumentary and so b) how mirroring codes of non 
fiction within an (undeclared) fiction demonstrates the conventional 
nature of non fiction codes. In new media I think things like Online 
Caroline are exemplary for this, where simply substituting some 
personal linguistic markers in an email proffers the illusion of an 
authentic dialogue (something that form letters and mail scams have 
known for some time).

So, a question, how is War of the Worlds a landmark for new media codes?
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cheers
Adrian Miles

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