December 2006
[debates] A Concise Lexicon of / for the Digital Commons
by Raqs Media Collective / September 2001; keywords not usually used by folks in literature and film, yet they will want to enter the fora where these ideas have a formative influence
November 2006
CyberJournalist.net: Technology, blogs, the Internet and the media, from the Online News Association
a news site about cyberjournalism, with many resources, such as roundup links to most cyberjournalist sites; a phenomenon being embraced by many news organizations themselves
Cyberstudies webring
collection of sites with interest in cyberculture, many from the social sciences
MIT communications forum archive
the various programs are on many topics of media and mass communications; available in audio, video, or print format; good overview of contemporary media issues by academics and practitioners
Writing Demonstrations
interactive demonstrations of Conducting Electronic Searches; useful both for the information contained and as a demo of web design and writing instructional media in a library context; the larger site is a resource for writers.
ArtLex on New Media
entry in big art site has many links and hypertext connections to trace out; useful
Theories of Internet Culture and Internet Textuality by Janez Strehovec, Ph.D.
useful and intriguingly designed website, with resources such as essays, links, keywords and definitions pages
The Dead - Billy Collins Animated Poem
video by Juan Delcan; model for students about good uses of new form of production and exhibition
Center for History and New Media
extensive site, with resources about historical moments and syllabi, tools for Internet research, and projects undertaken by the Center
Furtherfield Links
extensive set of links to digital art projects, grouped by themes and types
October 2006
M/C Journal - Latest Issue
from Australia, looking at media internationally and politically
Planned Obsolescence
Kathleen Fitzpatrick is a media teacher and is spearheading an important online project for media scholars, Media Commons. Her blog has many teaching resources and summaries of sessions at the recent Flow TV Conference.
PhD Project: Vernacular Creativity and New Media at creativity/machine
abstract for thesis that sparks some interesting trains of thought
Swarming Media
blog that give good reports on conferences and reviews of books, often on digital culture
Haraway_CyborgManifesto.html
full text of famous essay in feminist Internet theory
Morph: We Imagine Archives
Media Center blog about technology and narrative; thoughtful writing; group of writers take on a specific topic related to narrative and communication weekly
virtualpolitik: Who Will Be Voted Off the Island?
a review of Jenkins' "Convergence Culture" that covers some of the main topics in current New Media scholarship
"Theses on Distributed Aesthetics" by Anna Munster & Geert Lovink
We live inside fragmented and spatially dispersed networks, and do not just use the computer as part of a network.
August 2006
July 2006
Collectivate.net - 'journalisms'
well written and thoughtful about many social aspects of the Internet, worldwide
VirtualDayz
tech aspects of online personal sites: "My current work focuses on digital experiments with personal and cultural memory."
Mark Tribe: The Internet as a Space for Art Making
course at Columbia University, spring 2004. many good Internet resources and links.
