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In The Name of God Today in contemporary world new IT in Digital Media (Figurative Spaces, Computer Programming, Mobile, Computer Games,) made possible big amount of communication and information in universal distances and in shortest time. One of the cases of Ministry of Guiding Affairs was the necessity of attention to culture and its deep effect on people's life. This IT has made a new shape of production, increasing and representation of cultural products, that some of them are new absorbing cultural products like Entertainment Games that have special places in contemporary world. Extension centre of IT and Digital Media affiliated to Ministry of Guiding Affairs of Islamic Republic of Iran by cooperation of Iranian House of Cartoon established the first International Cartoon Contest of Digital Media.
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giving information for presentation of cartoonists of the world in
the First International Cartoon Contest Digital Media accomplished
on 30th June 2008. Presence of 1223 cartoonists from 71 countries by 2553 cartoons shows the special attention of worldwide cartoonists to this subject and also shows the special place of this popular art in Iran. Cartoonists made special strong artworks by the help of satire and critical vision. 829 of this cartoons were set in the Irancartoon website that the selected of them are published in the book, and judgment of this cartoons were considered and judged by Iranian and foreign jurors, and finally below cartoonists were successful to achieved prizes of this contest. We have to mention that because of the importance of Entertainment Games between other Digital Media special prizes devoted to cartoons about this subject. We hope that by continuing of this International Contest in the future we can see that cartoon can help people to have more attention to better uses of new media.
Massoud Shojai
Tabatabai
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