'Movements that are drawn': A history of environmental animation from the lorax to FernGully to avatar

International Communication Gazette

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 145-163

  Starosielski, Nicole ^a  

^a MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

animation; digital environments; environmental aesthetics; environmental interaction; environmental media; media studies

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650996710     PISSN: 17480485     EISSN: 17480493     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1748048510386746     Document Type: Article

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