Artificial Media: Emerging Trends in Narratives, Education and Creative Practice

by Nelson Zagalo (Editor), Damian Keller (Editor)

A groundbreaking exploration of the evolving relationship between the fields of artificial intelligence and creativity studies, Artificial Media charts the course of a transformative path toward hybrid methodologies involving computing and human-centric approaches.


Scholars and practitioners from leading research centers in South America, Asia and Europe delve into theoretical and philosophical frameworks, practical deployments and data-based critical analyses of artificial-media initiatives that reconfigure authorship and collaboration. Co-creation, collective memory, and situated-knowledge practices are featured in multiple hands-on examples of technological design, music, visual-arts, journalistic and educational projects that address the ethical and social implications of generative techniques.


Through an interdisciplinary lens, this collection, projects a nuanced panorama of both the remarkable results and the complex challenges of emerging artificial-media methods, offering practical insights for anyone seeking to engage with the future of creativity in the age of autonomous machines.

273 pages, Hardcover

Published July 30, 2025

About the author

Nelson Zagalo is Full Professor of Digital Media at the University of Aveiro. His research focuses on the intersection of human experience and technology, with an increasing focus on meaning-making in Human-AI Interaction. He serves as the Scientific Coordinator of DigiMedia - Digital Media and Interaction Research Center.

He has written the books "Interactive Emotions, from Film to Videogames" (2009), “Videogames in Portugal: History, Technology and Art” (2013), and "Engagement Design. Designing for Interaction Motivations" (2020). Artificial Media (2025) is coming out this July.

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