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
Notes on The Gaze
Daniel Chandler's overview of the use of an important concept in media theory
Picture This: Literary Theory and the Study of Visual Culture
by Paul Jay, Univ. of Chicago
Nicholas Mirzoeff : An Introduction to Visual Culture (Routledge, 1999)
Introduction to book, tells basic concepts, history
Changing Approaches to Cultural Landscapes
good overview of shifts in theory and focus of studies
Bruce B. Janz Home Page
very large academic resources collection for arts, humanities, social theory, philosophy
Aesthetics and Visual Culture
extensive links page, from a philosophy disciplinary perspective; updated Aug. 06
Local consumption cultures in a globalizing world by Peter Jackson
Focusing on the resilience of distinctive local consumption cultures, with evidence from three contrasting consumption cultures: consumption and 'public culture' in India, 'consumer nationalism' in China, and 'artful consumption' in Russia.
Geographies of Responsibility by Doreen Massey
on political implications of considering space within political discussions of responsibility and identity
Neoliberalizing Space
essay on updating space-place theory for contemporary economics
19 November 2006
Self/Person/Personal Identity Bibliographies
From philosophy, psychology, cognitive science, cognitive neuroscience: Identity, Consciousness, Knowledge, Pathologies of the Self, Personalism, Narrative, Gender, Medical Ethics, Embodiment, Social Construction, Ethics, Politics, Law, Medicine. . .
(Notes on) Politics, Theory & Photography
blog that reviews and critiques aspects of art and visual culture and photojournalism, often from an ethical standpoint
Cabinet Magazine Online -
a quarterly journal of art, design, culture; partly playful, some art, some scholarly essays; good mix of specific reviews and overviews
18 November 2006
EServer.org: Accessible Writing
by 3 otherslarge collection of academic essays; "such diverse topics as art, architecture, race, Internet studies, sexuality, drama, design, multimedia, and current social issues. Also hypertext and streaming audio and video recordings."
Communication Studies Resources: The University of Iowa
one of the largest set of links, updated regularly, to all aspects of communication; many political themes; a wide range of disciplinary approaches included; highly recommended
Early Visual Media
by 1 otherpre-cinema, early photography, early film, early television; lots of visual examples and explanations
New Media Courses by Trebor Scholz
many courses, large site
Alive with Alzheimer's, the first photographic book on AD by Cathy Greenblat
by a visual sociologist, a site for everyone
Dave Harris and Colleagues
large collection of work, lectures, course materials in media studies, leisure studies, sociology
RCCS: Course List of Cyberculture Studies
Site is a center of such studies; course list regularly updaged
Dr Daniel Chandler's UWA Home Page
extensive website of visual semiotician, with course outlines, online papers, and an interesting links page
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
THE PECULIARITIES OF CYBERSPACE by Albert Benschop
complete book online, covers many areas often not dealt with, such as porn sites and dating sites; one insight that may draw you to read more: "the times that count in cyberspace are highly accelerated and strongly individualized."
