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May 2008

Electronic Literature Collection (Volume 1)
Editor:  N. Katherine Hayles, Nick Montfort, Scott Rettberg, Stephanie Strickland
Publisher:  Electronic Literature Organization, 2006

  Review 1: Kimberly De Vries
  Author Response:  N. Katherine Hayles
  Author Response:  Scott Rettberg


Gatewatching: Collaborative Online News Production
Author:  Axel Bruns
Publisher:  Peter Lang Publishers, 2005

  Review 1: J. Richards Stevens
  Author Response:  Axel Bruns


Wired Shut: Copyright and the Shape of Digital Culture
Author:  Tarleton Gillespie
Publisher:  MIT Press, 2007

  Review 1: Benjamin J. Bates
  Review 2: Troy K. Schneider
  Author Response:  Tarleton Gillespie



April 2008

Always Already New: Media, History, and the Data of Culture
Author:  Lisa Gitelman
Publisher:  MIT Press, 2006

  Review 1: J. Patrick Biddix
  Review 2: David Heineman
  Review 3: Michelle Rodino-Colocino
  Author Response:  Lisa Gitelman


Convergence Culture: Where Old and New Media Collide
Author:  Henry Jenkins
Publisher:  NYU Press, 2006

  Review 1: Susan Keith
  Review 2: Anne Kustritz
  Review 3: Darby Orcutt
  Review 4: J. Richard Stevens
  Author Response:  Henry Jenkins


Everything Is Miscellaneous: The Power of the New Digital Disorder
Author:  David Weinberger
Publisher:  Times Books, 2007

  Review 1: Lucinda Austin
  Review 2: Geoffrey B. Cain
  Review 3: Erika Pearson
  Author Response:  David Weinberger


Online Matchmaking
Editor:  Monica T. Whitty, Andrea J. Baker, James A. Inman
Publisher:  Palgrave MacMillan, 2007

  Review 1: Trudy Barber
  Author Response:  Andrea J. Baker



March 2008

Cybersounds: Essays on Virtual Music Culture
Editor:  Michael D. Ayers
Publisher:  Peter Lang, 2006

  Review 1: Lori Landay
  Review 2: Shintaro Miyazaki
  Review 3: Marc W.D. Tyrrell
  Author Response:  Michael D. Ayers


Cyberspace Romance: The Psychology of Online Relationships
Author:  Monica Whitty, Adrian Carr
Publisher:  Palgrave Macmillan, 2006

  Review 1: Rhiannon Bury
  Review 2: Michele Hammers


Fan Fiction and Fan Communities in the Age of the Internet: New Essays
Editor:  Karen Hellekson, Kristina Busse
Publisher:  McFarland & Co., 2006

  Review 1: Lan Xuan Le
  Author Response:  Karen Hellekson & Kristina Busse


The Virtual Window: From Alberti to Microsoft
Author:  Anne Friedberg
Publisher:  MIT Press, 2006

  Review 1: Christy Dena
  Author Response:  Anne Friedberg



February 2008

Control and Freedom: Power and Paranoia in the Age of Fiber Optics
Author:  Wendy Hui Kyong Chun
Publisher:  MIT Press, 2006

  Review 1: Jentery Sayers
  Author Response:  Wendy Chun


From Counterculture to Cyberculture: Stewart Brand, the Whole Earth Network, and the Rise of Digital Utopianism
Author:  Fred Turner
Publisher:  University of Chicago Press, 2006

  Review 1: Lonny J Avi Brooks
  Review 2: William Bryant
  Review 3: Merav Katz-Kimchi
  Review 4: Linda Levitt
  Review 5: Alan Razee
  Author Response:  Fred Turner


La Comunicazione del Terzo Settore nel Mezzogiorno
Author:  Stefano Martelli
Publisher:  Franco Angeli, 2006

  Review 1: Gaetano Gucciardo (Italiano)
  Review 2: Gaetano Gucciardo (English)


Organized Networks: Media Theory, Creative Labour, New Institutions
Author:  Ned Rossiter
Publisher:  NAi Publishers, 2006

  Review 1: Daren C. Brabham
  Author Response:  Ned Rossiter


Reformatting Politics: Information Technology and Global Civil Society
Editor:  Jodi Dean, Jon W. Anderson, Geert Lovink
Publisher:  Routledge, 2006

  Review 1: Athina Karatzogianni


The Internet Imaginaire
Author:  Patrice Flichy
Publisher:  MIT Press, 2007

  Review 1: M. Beatrice Bittarello
  Author Response:  Patrice Flichy


The Iron Whim: A Fragmented History of Typewriting
Author:  Darren Wershler-Henry
Publisher:  Cornell University Press, 2007

  Review 1: Adam Tourek
  Author Response:  Darren Wershler-Henry


The Politics of Cyberconflict
Author:  Athina Karatzogianni
Publisher:  Routledge, 2006

  Review 1: Andrew Robinson
  Author Response:  Athina Karatzogianni


Uses of Blogs
Editor:  Axel Bruns, Joanne Jacobs
Publisher:  Peter Lang, 2006

  Review 1: Tricia Farwell
  Review 2: Tama Leaver
  Review 3: Damien Pfister
  Review 4: Daniel C. Smith
  Author Response:  Axel Bruns & Joanne Jacobs



January 2008

META/DATA: A Digital Poetics
Author:  Mark Amerika
Publisher:  MIT Press, 2007

  Review 1: Vika Zafrin
  Author Response:  Mark Amerika


The Body and the Screen: Theories of Internet Spectatorship
Author:  Michele White
Publisher:  MIT Press, 2006

  Review 1: Jessica Brophy
  Review 2: Gabriel Jones
  Review 3: Adi Kuntsman
  Review 4: Kelly McWilliam
  Review 5: Alison Miller
  Author Response:  Michele White


Youth Online: Identity and Literacy in the Digital Age
Author:  Angela Thomas
Publisher:  Peter Lang Publishers, 2007

  Review 1: Alison Harvey



December 2007

Color Monitors: The Black Face of Technology in America
Author:  Martin Kevorkian
Publisher:  Cornell University Press, 2006

  Review 1: Cristina Lopez
  Review 2: Paul Khalil Saucier
  Author Response:  Martin Kevorkian


Social Consequences of Internet Use: Access, Involvement, and Interaction
Author:  James E. Katz, Ronald E. Rice
Publisher:  MIT Press, 2002

  Review 1: Curtis Fogel
  Review 2: Mara Hobler
  Review 3: Ċsa Rosenberg
  Author Response:  Ronald E. Rice and James E. Katz


The Metaphysics of Capital
Author:  Nicholas Ruiz III
Publisher:  Intertheory Press, 2006

  Review 1: David Christopher Jackson
  Review 2: Kevin Douglas Kuswa


Web Campaigning
Author:  Kirsten A. Foot, Steven M. Schneider
Publisher:  MIT Press, 2006

  Review 1: Scott Dunn
  Review 2: Gerhard Fuchs
  Review 3: Lydia Perovic
  Author Response:  Kirsten Foot & Steven Schneider



November 2007

Electric Dreams: Computers in American Culture
Author:  Ted Friedman
Publisher:  NYU Press, 2005

  Review 1: Suzanne Damarin


GameScenes: Art in the Age of Videogames
Editor:  Matteo Bittanti, Domenico Quaranta
Publisher:  Johan & Levi, 2006

  Review 1: Claudia Costa Pederson
  Author Response:  Domenico Quaranta


Mobile Communication and Society: A Global Perspective
Author:  Manuel Castells, Mireia Fernández-Ardèvol, Jack Linchuan Qiu, and Araba Sey
Publisher:  MIT Press, 2006

  Review 1: Hill Taylor
  Author Response:  Mireia Fernández-Ardèvol, Jack Linchuan Qiu, and Araba Sey


Residual Media
Editor:  Charles R. Acland
Publisher:  University of Minnesota Press, 2007

  Review 1: Daniel Gilfillan
  Review 2: D. Travers Scott
  Author Response:  Charles R. Acland



October 2007

Gaming: Essays on Algorithmic Culture
Author:  Alexander R. Galloway
Publisher:  University of Minnesota Press, 2006

  Review 1: Kelly Boudreau
  Review 2: Steven Conway
  Review 3: Ted Kafala
  Review 4: Randy Nichols
  Review 5: Timothy Welsh
  Author Response:  Alexander R. Galloway


Hanging Out in the Virtual Pub: Masculinities and Relationships Online
Author:  Lori Kendall
Publisher:  University of California Press, 2002

  Review 1: Ben Krueger
  Review 2: Molly Swiger
  Author Response:  Lori Kendall


The Anxiety of Obsolescence: The American Novel in the Age of Television
Author:  Kathleen Fitzpatrick
Publisher:  Vanderbilt University Press, 2006

  Review 1: M. Carmen Gomez-Galisteo
  Review 2: Pamela Kincheloe
  Review 3: Laurie N. Taylor
  Review 4: Lisa Weckerle
  Review 5: Sarah Whitehead
  Author Response:  Kathleen Fitzpatrick



September 2007

An Alternative Internet
Author:  Chris Atton
Publisher:  Edinburgh University Press, 2005

  Review 1: Paul Booth
  Author Response:  Chris Atton


Ars Electronica: Facing the Future: A Survey of Two Decades
Editor:  Timothy Druckery
Publisher:  MIT Press, 1999

  Review 1: Carolyn Kane


Information Please: Culture and Politics in the Age of Digital Machines
Author:  Mark Poster
Publisher:  Duke University Press, 2006

  Review 1: Diana Bossio
  Author Response:  Mark Poster



April 2007

Techno Fashion
Author:  Bradley Quinn
Publisher:  Berg Publishers, 2002

  Review 1: Andrea Zeffiro


Virtual Worlds: Culture and Politics in the Age of Cybertechnology
Author:  Pramod K. Nayar
Publisher:  Sage, 2004

  Review 1: Maura Conway
  Author Response:  Pramod K. Nayar



March 2007

Connecting: How We Form Social Bonds and Communities in the Internet Age
Author:  Mary Chayko
Publisher:  State University of New York Press, 2002

  Review 1: Chrys Egan
  Author Response:  Mary Chayko


New Technologies at Work: People, Screens and Social Virtuality
Editor:  Christina Garsten, Helena Wulff
Publisher:  Berg Publishers, 2003

  Review 1: Petra Sonderegger


Saved from Oblivion: Documenting the Daily from Diaries to Web Cams
Author:  Andreas Kitzmann
Publisher:  Peter Lang, 2004

  Review 1: Timothy D. Ray
  Author Response:  Andreas Kitzmann


The Wired Homestead: A Sourcebook on the Internet and the Family
Editor:  Joseph Turow, Andrea Kavanaugh
Publisher:  MIT Press, 2003

  Review 1: Carolyn Jabs


Towards a Sustainable Information Society: Deconstructing WSIS
Editor:  Jan Servaes, Nico Carpentier
Publisher:  Intellect Books, 2006

  Review 1: Arthur L. Morin
  Author Response:  Nico Carpentier


Virtual Morality: Morals, Ethics and New Media
Editor:  Mark J. P. Wolf
Publisher:  Peter Lang Publishing, 2003

  Review 1: Steven A. Benko
  Author Response:  Mark J. P. Wolf



February 2007

Information Politics on the Web
Author:  Richard Rogers
Publisher:  MIT Press, 2004

  Review 1: Adrienne Massanari


Play Between Worlds: Exploring Online Game Culture
Author:  T. L. Taylor
Publisher:  MIT Press, 2006

  Review 1: Mark Chen
  Author Response:  T.L. Taylor


Soft Cinema: Navigating the Database
Author:  Lev Manovich, Andreas Kratky
Publisher:  MIT Press, 2005

  Review 1: Tico Romao
  Author Response:  Lev Manovich


The Cinema Effect
Author:  Sean Cubitt
Publisher:  MIT Press, 2005

  Review 1: Anxo Cereijo Roibás
  Author Response:  Sean Cubitt



January 2007

From 9/11 to Terror War: The Dangers of the Bush Legacy
Author:  Douglas Kellner
Publisher:  Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2003

  Review 1: Robert Tynes


Media Access: Social and Psychological Dimensions of New Technology Use
Editor:  Erik Bucy, John Newhagen
Publisher:  Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2004

  Review 1: Cheryl Brown
  Author Response:  Erik Bucy and John Newhagen


Media Debates: Great Issues for the Digital Age
Editor:  Everett E. Dennis, John C. Merrill
Publisher:  Thomson Wadsworth, 2006

  Review 1: Tim Dwyer


No Safety in Numbers: How the Computer Quantified Everything and Made People Risk Aversive
Author:  Henry J. Perkinson
Publisher:  Hampton Press Inc, 1996

  Review 1: Robert Whitbred



December 2006

Allegories of Communication: Intermedial Concerns from Cinema to the Digital
Editor:  John Fullerton, Jan Olsson
Publisher:  John Libbey Publishing, 2004

  Review 1: Kristen Daly


Close Reading New Media: Analyzing Electronic Literature
Editor:  Jan Van Looy, Jan Baetens
Publisher:  Leuven University Press, 2003

  Review 1: Mary Leonard


Eloquent Images: Word and Image in the Age of New Media
Editor:  Mary E. Hocks, Michelle R. Kendrick
Publisher:  MIT Press, 2003

  Review 1: Vika Zafrin
  Review 2: Alan Razee
  Author Response:  Mary Hocks


Half-Real: Video Games between Real Rules and Fictional Worlds
Author:  Jesper Juul
Publisher:  MIT Press, 2005

  Review 1: Curt Carbonell
  Review 2: Randy Nichols
  Author Response:  Jesper Juul


How Images Think
Author:  Ron Burnett
Publisher:  MIT Press, 2004

  Review 1: Leanne Stuart Pupchek
  Author Response:  Ron Burnett


Internet Politics: States, Citizens and New Communication Technologies
Author:  Andrew Chadwick
Publisher:  Oxford University Press, 2006

  Review 1: Viviane Serfaty
  Author Response:  Andrew Chadwick


Literate Lives in the Information Age: Narratives of Literacy from the United States
Author:  Cynthia L. Selfe, Gail E. Hawisher
Publisher:  Lawrence Erlbaum, 2004

  Review 1: Lisa A. Kirby
  Author Response:  Cynthia L. Selfe and Gail E. Hawisher


Mobile Cultures: New Media in Queer Asia
Editor:  Chris Berry, Fran Martin, Audrey Yue
Publisher:  Duke University Press, 2003

  Review 1: Terri He
  Author Response:  Chris Berry, Fran Martin, & Audrey Yue


My First Recession: Critical Internet Culture in Transition
Author:  Geert Lovink
Publisher:  V2/NAi Publishers, 2003

  Review 1: Michel Bauwens


Rhetorical Democracy: Discursive Practices of Civic Engagement
Editor:  Gerard Hauser, Amy Grim
Publisher:  Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2004

  Review 1: David Schulz


The Deepening Divide: Inequality in the Information Society
Author:  Jan A. G. M. van Dijk
Publisher:  Sage, 2005

  Review 1: Alan Zaremba


The Digital Sublime: Myth, Power, and Cyberspace
Author:  Vincent Mosco
Publisher:  MIT Press, 2004

  Review 1: Dale Bradley
  Author Response:  Vincent Mosco


The Souls of Cyberfolk: Posthumanism as Vernacular Theory
Author:  Thomas Foster
Publisher:  University of Minnesota Press, 2005

  Review 1: Michele Braun
  Review 2: Kim Toffoletti
  Author Response:  Thomas Foster


Twisty Little Passages: An Approach to Interactive Fiction
Author:  Nick Montfort
Publisher:  MIT Press, 2003

  Review 1: Russell Mills
  Review 2: T. Michael Roberts
  Author Response:  Nick Montfort



November 2006