Dear Colleagues, I'm delighted to advise that the 'obsolete' issue of M/C, the Journal of Media and Culture, is now live. It's available at the following link. http://journal.media-culture.org.au/index.php/mcjournal We're excited to be able to present a range of perspectives on the issues raised by the topic of obsolescence, and hope you'll enjoy the issue as much as we wnjoyed putting it together. Contents as follows: * EDITORIAL: Obsolete - Jason Anthony Wilson, Jason Jacobs * FEATURE: The Re-Wiring of History - Greg Shapley * FEATURE: Lament for a Lost Running Order? Obsolescence and Academic Journals - John Hartley, * Academia 1.0: Slow Food in a Fast Food Culture? (A Reply to John Hartley) - Kate Bowles * Unplanned educational obsolescence: Is the 'traditional' PhD becoming obsolete? - Donna Lee Brien * Obsolescence: Uncovering Values in Technology Use - Jina Huh, Mark S. Ackerman * Anywhere but the Home: the Promiscuous Afterlife of Super 8 - Peter Thomas * Save the Videogame! The National Videogame Archive: preservation, supersession and obsolescence. - James Newman * Onward Through the Fog: Computer Game Collection and the Play of Obsolescence - Jason Thompson, Ken S. McAllister, Judd Ethan Ruggill * Digital Games Distribution: the presence of the past and the future of obsolescence - Christopher Luke Moore Feedback and discussion on the articles is welcome. Keep your eyes peeled for further developments as Jason Jacobs and I continue work on a much longer series of projects around obsolescence. All the best JW Dr. Jason Wilson Lecturer in Digital Communication School of Social Sciences, Media and Communication University of Wollongong NSW, Australia T +61 (0)2 42213088 M +61 (0)432955503 E jasonw@uow.edu.au skype jason_a_w http://gatewatching.org http://delicious.com/jason_a_w http://twitter.com/jason_a_w ____________________________________________________________________________________ Access Yahoo!7 Mail on your mobile. Anytime. Anywhere. Show me how: http://au.mobile.yahoo.com/mail