| dc.contributor.author | Jones, P. | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2011-11-02T12:01:10Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2011-11-02T12:01:10Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2011-08-01 | |
| dc.identifier.citation | Jones , P 2011 , ' A white right hand ' , Convergence: The International Journal of Research into New Media Technologies , vol. 17 , no. 3 , pp. 237-244 . https://doi.org/10.1177/1354856511405603 | |
| dc.identifier.issn | 1354-8565 | |
| dc.identifier.other | PURE: 438612 | |
| dc.identifier.other | PURE UUID: d5d95c52-27fe-4935-a7d4-913964713ce4 | |
| dc.identifier.other | Scopus: 80052708350 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/2299/6884 | |
| dc.description | “The final, definitive version of this article has been published in the Journal, Convergence, Vol 17 issue 3, 2011, © SAGE Publications Ltd, 2011: on SAGE Journals Online: http://online.sagepub.com/” | |
| dc.description.abstract | The hand icon apparent on desktop and laptop computer screens is shown to manifest an unexpected cultural history. What may have been taken for granted in the implementation of graphical user interfaces and their associated iconography, is subjected to a semiotic analysis that reveals a basis in blackface minstrelsy. Theories of human interactivity with computers help to explain how this heritage has remained relatively hidden. | en |
| dc.format.extent | 8 | |
| dc.language.iso | eng | |
| dc.relation.ispartof | Convergence: The International Journal of Research into New Media Technologies | |
| dc.subject | interactivity | |
| dc.subject | hand icon | |
| dc.subject | blackface minstrelsy | |
| dc.subject | extranoematic | |
| dc.title | A white right hand | en |
| dc.contributor.institution | School of Creative Arts | |
| dc.contributor.institution | Social Sciences, Arts & Humanities Research Institute | |
| dc.description.status | Peer reviewed | |
| dc.date.embargoedUntil | 2012-08-01 | |
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| rioxxterms.versionofrecord | https://doi.org/10.1177/1354856511405603 | |
| rioxxterms.type | Journal Article/Review | |
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