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>-----Original Message----- >From: david silver <dsilver@Glue.umd.edu> >Date: 03 August 2000 07:24 >Subject: new reviews in cyberculture (august 2000) > > > > *** apologies for cross-posting *** > >New Book Reviews in Cyberculture Studies > >Each month, the Resource Center for Cyberculture Studies (RCCS) ><otal.umd.edu/~rccs/> publishes two or three full-length book reviews. >The reviews reflect a modest attempt to locate critically various >contours of the emerging and interdisciplinary field of cyberculture >studies. To date, RCCS has reviewed over 60 books, covering a range of >topics, from online culture, communities, and identities to hypertext, >digital literacy, and artificial intelligence to Internet policy, the >digital divide, and online privacy. > >This month, RCCS features five reviews of three books. We begin with two >reviews (by Mark Andrejevic and M. Michael Schiff) of "Machinic >Modulations: New Cultural Theory & Technopolitics," a special issue of >*Angelaki: Journal of the Theoretical Humanities* edited by John >Armitage, followed by a rejoinder from Armitage. Next is a review by Ryan >Bishop of Paul N. Edwards' *The Closed World: Computers and the Politics >of Discourse in Cold War America* (MIT Press, 1996). Finally, we feature >two reviews (by Dan Orr and Andrew Hess) of Lawrence Lessig's *Code and >Other Laws of Cyberspace* (Basic Books, 1999). > >Forthcoming books to be reviewed include Zillah Eisenstein's *Global >Obscenities: Patriarchy, Capitalism, and the Lure of Cyberfantasy* and >Anne B. Keating with Joseph Hargitai's *The Wired Professor: A Guide to >Incorporating the World Wide Web in College Instruction*. > >If you or your colleagues have any interest in reviewing books for RCCS, >contact us directly at <rccs@otal.umd.edu>. Please feel free to forward >this message. > >david silver >http://www.glue.umd.edu/~dsilver/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Opinions expressed in this email are my own unless otherwise stated. Phil Graham Lecturer (Communication) Graduate School of Management University of Queensland 617 3381 1083 www.geocities/pw.graham/ www.uq.edu.au/~uqpgraha http://www.angelfire.com/ga3/philgraham/index.html -------------------------------------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ Nettime-bold mailing list Nettime-bold@nettime.org http://www.nettime.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/nettime-bold