November 2006
Lists of Bests
by 5 othersagain, I am fascinated by lists of bests, especially as related to literature; they comprise both an ideology of the canon and a sociology of popular tastes, a la Bourdieu; in an extended form, they comprise much of amazon.com
Web-User - The UK's biggest selling internet magazine
by 1 otherit's interesting for a US Internet user to read an overview perspective from the UK
Cyberstudies webring
collection of sites with interest in cyberculture, many from the social sciences
Please help me find movies that end with the main character dying. | Ask MetaFilter
It's a query that garnered 135 comments and added film titles within ten days. It lets me think MetaFilter might be fun for students, to craft media-related questions that would get lots of responses, simple queries like this one.
The Digital Journalist November 2006 Issue Contents
monthly online magazine; wonderful examples of documentary photography
THE PECULIARITIES OF CYBERSPACE by Albert Benschop
complete book online, covers many areas often not dealt with, such as porn sites and dating sites; one insight that may draw you to read more: "the times that count in cyberspace are highly accelerated and strongly individualized."
Revealing Pictures & Reflexive Frames 2004
visual anthropology open archive, photos with comments: "opportunity to examine photographic modes of communication across societies, cultures, and academic worlds"
Difference, Diversity and Nomadic Subjectivity
Braidotti is a theorist combining the insights of Donna Haraway with postcolonial theory; this earlier (1998) essay still has relevance today. Useful in teaching.
Digital Library in leisure studies
links to full text essays; important to consider how people choose to organize their time and attention, when they can
Pierre Bourdieu and taste
overview, with many links; part of a larger, interesting cultural studies site
October 2006
TRANSFORMATIONS
"different modes of life embodied within local domains, yet globally interconnected at the same time"
July 2006
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