01 December 2006
Cyberculture Links
prepared by noted scholar, Sean Cubitt, extensive links in various categories, good links to theory
Blogging as pedagogic practice: by Marcus O'Donnell
theoretical overview and roundup of concepts about Internet and education
27 November 2006
Those Dark Hiding Places: The Invisible Web Revealed
by 4 othersa librarian teaches you about the dark web; originally written 2001, updated Oct. 2006
essay on academic blogging in Reconstruction
06, overview, rationale, and links to academic blogs
26 November 2006
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
Mediascape
ejournal, interdisciplinary approaches to visual culture
24 November 2006
H2O Playlist: UDL and Web 2.0: Confronting the Drunk Librarian
considering Web 2.0 in the context of Internet useability for people with disabilities
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.
22 November 2006
DIGITALSOULS.COM - new media art | philosophy | culture
"one of the longest continuously running online galleries and e-zines dedicated to new media art, digital culture and philosophy; contributions by international artists and writers including Brian Eno, Yoko Ono, John Berger, Sean Cubitt, Susan Sontag..."
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journal for newmedia teachers; issue 10 is on visual culture
20 November 2006
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
18 November 2006
New Media Courses by Trebor Scholz
many courses, large site
RCCS: Course List of Cyberculture Studies
Site is a center of such studies; course list regularly updaged
JEP - The Journal of Electronic Publishing
many of the past issues were on thematic concerns; ever of greater importance in academic and knowledge communities is the how-to of electronic publishing
16 November 2006
Geoff Stahl - Still 'Winning Space?': Updating Subcultural Theory
deals with the impact of computer mediated communication on subcultural theory; refutes role of "authenticity"; good overview of shifts in field
15 November 2006
dichtung-digital. Hyperfiction, Netzliteratur, Hypermedia: Interfictions
here is a page listing all essays available in English; distinguished authors
13 November 2006
Center for History and New Media
by 1 otherextensive site, with resources about historical moments and syllabi, tools for Internet research, and projects undertaken by the Center
www.theory.org.uk -- the media theory site
large site, attractive new design as of 11/06. essays, links, delving into popular culture and playing with it, theoretical explorations and savvy; highly recommended
Difference, Diversity and Nomadic Subjectivity
Braidotti is a theorist combining the insights of Donna Haraway with postcolonial theory; this earlier (1998) essay still has relevance today. Useful in teaching.
Vectors Journal of Culture and Technology in a Dynamic Vernacular
"multiple contours of daily life in an unevenly digital era... how technology shapes, transforms, reconfigures, and/or impedes social relations...including issues of globalization, mobility, power, and access"
MIT--media in transition 05: the work of stories
much of the conference is available in av form or papers or abstracts.
12 November 2006
'The Science Of Ghosts' - Derrida In 'Ghost Dance' (1983)
Derrida plays himself in 1983 film about concepts of memory; he says he is here a ghost in the art of ghosts, cinema. Many clips from this film found here
