A few weeks ago, Tim Jordan shared the opening chapter of his new book, Internet, Society, and Culture: Communicative Practices before and after the Internet, published by Bloomsbury. (You can still read it here.) The comments that followed raised some interesting observations, both about it and inspired by it, so we’re re-posting those comments here […]
The question of what difference the internet makes has been a perennial for those of us studying digital cultures of one sort or another. What I’ve attempted to do over the last few years is to look at what might have changed in communication since the rise to mass use of internet cultures and technologies. […]
This year I’m serving as the Program Chair for Association of Internet Researchers’ annual meeting to be held in Denver Co, USA. It’s my pleasure to announce AoIR 14’s Keynote Speaker and Plenary Panel Speakers, some of which are contributors here at Culture Digitally. Our Keynote Speaker this year is Gabriella Coleman. Prof. Coleman is Wolfe […]
A few weeks ago, Torin Monahan shared a chapter from his new book with John Gilliom, SuperVision: An Introduction to the Surveillance Society, published by the University of Chicago Press. (You can still read chapter 5 of the book here.) A number of Culture Digitally participants commented, and Torin had a chance to respond. Rather […]
Culture Digitally contributor Daren Brabham has accepted an assistant professor position in the public relations group at the Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism at University of Southern California. He returns to his roots in the West and joins a great group of scholars studying new media, including Mike Ananny, Henry Jenkins, Doug Thomas, Dmitry […]