中文简介：

本书调查了近年来日益突出的数字艺术实践的关键领域，包括基于位置的媒体、互动式公共装置、增强型和混合现实技术、社交网络和文件共享以及平板电脑技术的出现和影响。本书还涉及到数字艺术作品所提出主题，例如观众互动、人工生命与智能、政治与社会活动等，并探讨围绕数字艺术收集展示保存问题。此外，它还研究了数字技术和媒体对传统艺术形式的影响，并探索全新的形式，如互联网和软件艺术、数字装置和虚拟现实作为公认的艺术实践出现的方式。

英文简介：

This new edition of Christiane Paul's acclaimed book investigates key areas of digital art practice that have gained in prominence in recent years, including the emergence and impact of location-based media, interactive public installation, augmentive and mixed reality, social networking and file-sharing and tablet technologies. It explores themes raised by digital artworks, such as viewer interaction, artificial life and intelligence, political and social activism, networks and telepresence, and issues surrounding the collection, presentation and preservation of digital art. It also looks at the impact of digital techniques and media on traditional forms of art such as printing, painting, photography and sculpture, as well as exploring the ways in which entirely new forms such as internet and software art, digital installation and virtual reality have emerged as recognized artistic practices.