01 December 2006
Cyberculture Links
prepared by noted scholar, Sean Cubitt, extensive links in various categories, good links to theory
30 November 2006
Miradas--in Spanish
extensive critical discussion of Latin American film and TV; Cuban site
26 November 2006
media teacher's home page, lots of resouces, links pages
"news and journalism, film, TV, media policy, media reform activism, philosophy and social theory, urban history, contemporary American politics--\perspective informed by media history, political economy and social and cultural theory."
MIT communications forum archive
the various programs are on many topics of media and mass communications; available in audio, video, or print format; good overview of contemporary media issues by academics and practitioners
20 November 2006
Joel Kovel
many of this important writer's essays online, a psychoanalyst who has long been a political commentator
18 November 2006
Communication Studies Resources: The University of Iowa
one of the largest set of links, updated regularly, to all aspects of communication; many political themes; a wide range of disciplinary approaches included; highly recommended
11 November 2006
Howie's Home Page
homepage and access to many of Howard Becker's essays online; major figure in sociology of art
06 November 2006
Invincible Cities
photographic exploration of two poor cities, a combination of Walter Benjamin's interest in traces and overlays with systematic, extensive visual ethnography
03 November 2006
"Contributions to a Resistant Visual Culture Glossary"
essay introducing concepts that can help critic look at visual culture more politically
"Flaubert's Point of View" by Pierre Bourdieu
complete text of long essay; Flaubert was a touchstone for Bourdieu in establishing the concept of the field of cultural production
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