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Book SynopsisThe evolution of media continues to generate new avenues for cultural criticism, political activism and self-reflection. This book, part of the Late Editions series, explores both the new pathways being forged through media and the predicaments of those still struggling to find their way.
Table of ContentsIntroduction to the Volume and Reintroduction to the Series George E. Marcus 1: The Electronic Vernacular Barbara Kirshenblatt-Gimblett 2: A Torn Page, Ghosts on the Computer Screen, Words, Images, Labyrinths: Exploring the Frontiers of Cyberspace Ron Burnett 3: Framed, or How the Internet Set Me Up Christopher Pound 4: A Tale of an Electronic Community Mazyar Lotfalian 5: Computing for Tibet: Virtual Politics in the Post-Cold War Era Meg McLagan 6: Knowing Each Other through AIDS Video: A Dialogue between AIDS Activist Videomakers Juanita Mohammed, Alexandra Juhasz. 7: Representing "Bhopal" Kim Laughlin 8: Horizons of Interactivity: Making the News at Time Warner Kim Laughlin, John Monberg. 9: Rewriting New York City Joe Austin 10: Shades of Twilight: Anna Deavere Smith and Twilight: Los Angeles 1992 Dorinne Kondo 11: Producing and Mediating Science as a Worldview in Postwar America: Two Interviews Fred Myers, Rayna Rapp. 12: DEBI Does Democracy: Recollecting Democratic Voter Education in the Electronic Media Prior to the South African Elections Ruth Elizabeth Teer-Tomaselli Appendix: Selected Excerpts from the Collective Editorial Meeting, 30 April 1994 Contributors Index
