October 2006
Marie-Laure Ryan
by jlesage
homepage of scholar with many of her essays on narrative theory and electronic textuality available in full text form.
Theorizing in real time: hyperaesthetics for the technoculture
by jlesage
"As bad as bad media aesthetics are when static, they will worsen as they become interactive. It is not enough to struggle towards hypermedia: we need to develop a hyperaesthetic."
Networked Public Culture
by jlesage
theses for a proposed book on this topic, to which readers are invited to contribute, with comments included in "symposia" after each chapter, first announcement. Later entries include chapter contributors, topics, comments.
virtualpolitik: Who Will Be Voted Off the Island?
by jlesage
a review of Jenkins' "Convergence Culture" that covers some of the main topics in current New Media scholarship
Welcome to convergence culture Henry Jenkins
by jlesage
opening chapter of Jenkins' new book, "Convergence Culture"
net critique » Interview with Alan Liu
by jlesage
Liu is author of "The Laws of Cool: Knowledge Work and the Culture of Information"
Collectivate.net -- Distributed Aesthetics
by jlesage
expanded discussion of a workshop on this topic. See "theses" by Munster and Lovink
net critique » Interview with Sole 24 Ore: Crushing the Web 2.0 Myths
by jlesage
social software's potential shaping of the Internet, journalism, business--or not
course outline on space, place, and landscape in contemporary art
by jlesage
You will need to cut and paste URLs into your browser, but there is much here to followup on in terms of bibliography and links.
Marita Sturken'sHomePage
by jlesage
links to full text of some of her essays, especially one on Katrina, weather media, and Homeland Security
Image and Narrative: Online Magazine of the Visual Narrative
by jlesage & 2 others
valuable resource, worth time to print out and read selected essays
Martin Irvine, Georgetown University
by jlesage
useful website of communication, culture, and technology professor; many links to courses,lectures, slideshows and essays on art, visual culture, media theory
WIRED 3.02: "Viruses Are Good for You" by Julian Dibbell
by jlesage
a theory of the benefits of computer viruses
"Race In/For Cyberspace: Identity Tourism and Racial Passing on the Internet"
by jlesage
major essay by Lisa Nakamura
September 2006
Lev Manovich - Avant-garde as Software
by jlesage
The 1920s avant garde "revolution" in film, arts, typography, and architecture has become part of computer hard- and software design; new media does not now provide new ways of seeing but radically new ways of using already accumulated media.
The Network Effect Multiplier, or, Metcalfe's Flaw - Unit Structures :: Fred Stutzman
by jlesage
post with comments on how fast nework growth takes place with social networking
July 2006
Guardian Unlimited Technology | Technology | What is the 1% rule?
by jlesage & 1 other
"if you get a group of 100 people online then one will create content, 10 will "interact" with it (commenting or offering improvements) and the other 89 will just view it."
Collectivate.net - 'journalisms' - Collective Action
by jlesage
response to provactive essay "Ditial Maoism," protesting editorial control in Wikipedia, among other things
Terry Mockler's Journey Through Cyberspace
by jlesage
newmedia maker and writer has several interesting blog sites; goal is to develop "readership by utilizing writing to probe cyberspace for post-literate identities."
