Lev Manovich is Professor of Visual Arts, University of California, San Diego, USA where he teaches new media art and theory. His book "The Language of New Media" has received over 50 reviews in the USA and was translated into Italian, Korean, Polish, Spanish and Chinese. Wikipedia
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