December 2006
Dr. Bruce Klopfenstein's Interactive Television Blog via Firefox
articulate discussions of impact of new media on TV and the interaction between the two
November 2006
essay on academic blogging in Reconstruction
06, overview, rationale, and links to academic blogs
Jason Mittell's Just TV blog
blog by television scholar with a book on TV genres;
Morgans Office :: biro.bemidjistate.edu | Office / HomePage
very interestingly designed home page of rhetoric teacher, in the form of a wkik; lots of discussion of teaching, new media, softeware
Observations on film art and “Film Art”
blog by senior film scholars David Bordwell and Kristin Thompson
LeisureArts: Some context for Concept Trucking
"practice engaged with various forms of ephemeral, convivial, and quotidian cultural production"
Dialogic: Giorgio Agamben: Means Without Ends
a collection of ideas from Agamben that summarizes some of his key ideas; blog from "a dialogic provocateur searching for viable alternative/oppositional cultures." Much on film; many links.
October 2006
Dr. Anderson's Communication Gateway Page: Flow Conference "New Technologies" Panel @ 12:45pm
blog by a communications and media teacher with many online resources, links, lecture notes, etc.
Swarming Media
blog that give good reports on conferences and reviews of books, often on digital culture
Urban Communication
urban life, communication, and technology
vitia
well written, much about pedagogy and digital culture, blogging
WRT: Writer Response Theory
by 1 other"exploration of digital character art — any art involving electrons and making use of letters, alphanumerics, or other characters in an interesting way"
Hypercrit
blog about relation between hypertext theory and theories of authorship
Long Sunday
attractive, interesting leads
academhack
by 1 other"Tech should make teaching easier and more effective, not harder and more frustrating."
The Learning Circuits Blog: Should All Learning Professionals Be Blogging?
This question prompted a large round of comments, roundups, later reflections.
Main Page - AcademicBlogs
by 1 otherA wiki about academic blogs, with links to blogs in each academic area of study
Long Sunday
culture and theory blog with a progressive politics; well written
Posthegemony
The "about" page for a blog on posthegemony. Author also comments succinctly on books, Latin America, film and television.
virtualpolitik
"A blog about digital rhetoric that asks the burning questions about electronic bureaucracy and institutional subversion on the Internet." Well-written, points to developments in the arts and on the web that otherwise might go unnoticed.
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
Steve Bussey's Blog: "Interpreting Popular Culture" Course
Blogger describes course, including a bibliography of exciting readings.
Kali Tal - Reviews: Lisa Nakamura: Lisa Nakamura, "Cybertypes: Race, Ethnicity, and Identity on the Internet"
Kali Tal is a major writer on trauma literature and film; this essay appears on her blog.
