03 December 2006
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20 November 2006
Welcome to Transparency
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"interprets and critiques movies and television, news and political rhetoric, theme parks and advertising, computer games and the Internet, and other creations of contemporary culture"
Local consumption cultures in a globalizing world by Peter Jackson
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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.
18 November 2006
Alive with Alzheimer's, the first photographic book on AD by Cathy Greenblat
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by a visual sociologist, a site for everyone
16 November 2006
illusions.html
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a page of links to visual illusions and their explanations; kids love these
11 November 2006
Confronting Challenges of Participatory Culture: Media Ed'n in 21st Century
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Henry Jenkins, with Katie Clinton, Ravi Purushotma, Alice J. Robinson, and Margaret Weigel ; PDF or online in 6 parts; sensible and sparks new directions of thought; respectful of students
10 November 2006
Henry Jenkins: Eight Traits of the New Media Landscape
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succinct and useful as an overview 11/06
06 November 2006
Durham e-Prints - Department/Research Group: Cultural and Social Geography
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28 papers from Univ. Durham on cultural geography, full text
Department of Geography : Research Clusters / Groups - Durham University
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publications of Mike Crang, major cultural geographer and sociologist
31 October 2006
M/C Journal - Latest Issue
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from Australia, looking at media internationally and politically
30 October 2006
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ZoneZero from analog to digital photography
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a large, excellently curated photography site, including slide shows and discussions of key issues in photography and representation in general; highly recommended; under tutelage of Pedro Meyer; take "tour" first
19 October 2006
New Urbanism
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website and organization promoting good urbanism, sustainable development, smart transportation, and transit oriented development.
18 October 2006
12 Principles of Web Writing and Design
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from teacher Craig Stroupe, who has online many useful teaching tools across tech and cultural fields
16 October 2006
Swarming Media
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blog that give good reports on conferences and reviews of books, often on digital culture
15 October 2006
The mathematics of Web 2.0: Why don’t ALL social networking sites experience phenomenal growth?
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growth of site use seen from a math theory perspective, as well as a social one
06 October 2006
Composing Cyberspace, by Rich Holeton
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website for book, with sections on knowledge, community, and identity; does not have text of book but many useful questions, links, and resources
05 October 2006
Flow Conference 2006
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Oct 06. Innovative academic TV site, Flow, has upcoming conversational conference coming at end of month. Contributors submit short position papers, available for downloading.
Morph: We Imagine Archives
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Media Center blog about technology and narrative; thoughtful writing; group of writers take on a specific topic related to narrative and communication weekly