The New School University is at the forefront of media based education. The Actor's Showcase program on the Bravo cable network is actually a for credit class that one can now download on iTunes for $1.99 U.S. currency. The teacher and the host of the program actually interviews figures in the entertainment field utilizing qualitative methods, but its entertaining. I am using it as my research model in the methods section of my dissertation. I am looking at Edutainment & Convergence, and the New School has had some interesting concepts to me. -----Original Message----- From: air-l-bounces@listserv.aoir.org [mailto:air-l-bounces@listserv.aoir.org] On Behalf Of Donna Bulford Sent: Tuesday, May 23, 2006 4:01 PM To: air-l@listserv.aoir.org Subject: Re: [Air-l] Text book recommendations Heidi, I took a course like this at the New School Univeristy in the Village NYC about three years ago. At that time we used "The Language of New Media" a great book about New Media By Lev Manovich. Here is the link to his website, I think he has a newer version of the book available. http://www.manovich.net/ Hands down th is the most comprehensive and culture based analysis of the digital media. -D On Tuesday, May 23, 2006, at 12:48PM, Heidi Campbell <hcampbe1@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
Hi.
I am preparing a grad course in the fall entitled New Media, Culture & Networked Society. It will focus on social & cultural issues raised by communication and life in an information-based society. The dominant themes to be dealt with include: community, identity, authority/power relations and religion/ideology. I have been trying to find a core text book for such a course but have been having difficulty.
I have considered--David Bell (2001) Introduction to Cybercultures, New York: Routledge-as an introductory text but it seems a bit dated now. I would welcome any recommendations from the list, or "must-read" journal articles for the topics I have listed above.
Thanks.
Heidi Campbell Dept. of Communication Texas A&M University
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