Thom-- There's a bunch missing! Off the top of my head: web world wide web network access literacy digital divide embodiment persona computer-mediated communication membership location Surely essays are needed for each of these comlex terms/ideas. best, jillana Jillana Enteen jillana@rcnchicago.com http://www.rcnchicago.com/~jillana ,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸ ----- Original Message ----- From: "swiss@uiowa" <thomas-swiss@uiowa.edu> To: <air-l@aoir.org> Sent: Thursday, January 30, 2003 1:26 AM Subject: [Air-l] key terms/concepts for understanding the web Hi, all, Am considering a new edition of a book I edited a few years ago for NYU Press: UNSPUN. The book looked at key terms/concepts/tropes in re: the web. In chapters written specifically for this text, the authors explored the key terms and concepts -- gender, community, and so on -- that help shape our understanding of the World Wide Web and its wide-ranging influence on contemporary culture. Each chapter highlighted for students both continuities and conflicts in the meanings of the Web by focusing on the language surrounding key terms. In doing so, the book asked: what are we talking about when we talk about the Web? Below: the TOC. What I'm wondering about is this: what key terms do you all see as missing from this list? Clearly there are many. But developing such a list would be helpful to me, and I'd appreciate your feedback on what terms should be added, along with essays of about 20 pages on the terms? thanks for yr help. Contact me at <thomas-swiss@uiowa.edu> best, Thom ------------------------------------------------ TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction: Unspun: The Web, Language, and Society 1. Community Jodi Dean 2. Identity Jay Bolter 3. Gender Cynthia Fuchs 4. Race Lisa Nakamura 5. Political Economy Vincent Mosco 6. Cyberspace Rob Shields 7. Governance Timothy Luke 8. Ideology John Sloop 9. Performance Dawn Dietrich 10. Hypertext Matthew Kirschenbaum 11. Narrative Joseph Tabbi 12. Authorship Russell Potter 13. Multimedia Sean Cubitt _______________________________________________ Air-l mailing list Air-l@aoir.org http://www.aoir.org/mailman/listinfo/air-l