STEPHEN KEANE is a Lecturer in film at the University of Leeds, UK. He is author of Disaster Movies: The Cinema of Catastrophe (2001) and his area of expertise is film and new media.

'Short and to the point, Keane's book is a very useful way of keeping up-to-date with the influence of new media technologies in Media, and Film, Studies.' - Nick Lacey, Curriculum Leader Media Studies, Benton Park, Rawdon, in Media Education Association, Newsletter 5, March 2007

• IntroductionScreensDigital FilmDigital Special EffectsFilms, Fans and the InternetFilms and VideogamesEntering the MatrixConclusion.

STEPHEN KEANE is a Lecturer in film at the University of Leeds, UK. He is author of Disaster Movies: The Cinema of Catastrophe (2001) and his area of expertise is film and new media.

'Short and to the point, Keane's book is a very useful way of keeping up-to-date with the influence of new media technologies in Media, and Film, Studies.' - Nick Lacey, Curriculum Leader Media Studies, Benton Park, Rawdon, in Media Education Association, Newsletter 5, March 2007

• IntroductionScreensDigital FilmDigital Special EffectsFilms, Fans and the InternetFilms and VideogamesEntering the MatrixConclusion.

STEPHEN KEANE is a Lecturer in film at the University of Leeds, UK. He is author of Disaster Movies: The Cinema of Catastrophe (2001) and his area of expertise is film and new media.

'Short and to the point, Keane's book is a very useful way of keeping up-to-date with the influence of new media technologies in Media, and Film, Studies.' - Nick Lacey, Curriculum Leader Media Studies, Benton Park, Rawdon, in Media Education Association, Newsletter 5, March 2007

• IntroductionScreensDigital FilmDigital Special EffectsFilms, Fans and the InternetFilms and VideogamesEntering the MatrixConclusion.