Kit Laybourne, an associate professor in the MA Program in Media Studies and Film, has published a new book, Mediapedia . The publisher is Knack Books, an imprint of the Globe Pequot Press.
 
Mediapedia is a highly illustrated lexicon of digital design terms.  At first look it appears to be about technology, but it is really a book about creativity. The volume grew out of Laybourne's lessons from "Foundations of Media Design" in the Media Studies graduate program and is not primarily a text. Instead, it is targeted at anyone who has a digital camera and a computer and is using both to "make stuff" for the Internet. The goal, according to Laybourne, is to help people take their personal media to the next level.
 
Laybourne is one of the founders of the Media Studies program. He was, for many years, an independent producer in partnerships with Eli Noyes, Kathleen Minton, and Mickey Lemle. He was also a co-founder and executive producer of Oxygen Media, LLC, a cable TV network targeting women, where he ran projects in animation, interactive programming, and DV-based documentaries. He is author of The Animation Book (Crown, 1979; revised 1998) and creator of a rich-media web site, mediapedia.com.