Archive for February 2008
Print media R.I.P?
Posted by: Ariane Beldi on: February 20, 2008
I just received a mail from the mailing list of the EASA Media Anthropology Network about an article in the New Jersey.com on the potential disappearance of books and alongside, of literacy: Reading, R.I.P.? by Howard Gardner, Professor of cognitive psychology at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. I thought that this would make a [...]
LIFT your laptop!
Posted by: Ariane Beldi on: February 9, 2008
- In: English| Events| Fun| Techie-world
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The real king of the conference LIFT’08 wasn’t just technology, it was the laptop! I don’t think I have ever witnessed such a concentration of portable computers in one place. Just see for yourself below! Virtually every attendant had a laptop and most of them kept it opened during the session to blog, take note, [...]
Throw paper to the dustbin?
Posted by: Ariane Beldi on: February 7, 2008
Nowadays, it is quite the thing to predict the very near relegation of paper into the dustbin of obsolete storage medium, as e-books and other avatars are emerging. Several new platforms dedicated to books are making their way into the electronic stores at a relatively affordable price, such as the Amazon Kindle ($500), which boast [...]
LIFT your 2008 spirit!
Posted by: Ariane Beldi on: February 6, 2008
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Two months! I have been stuck home almost two months, constantly studying for my Ph.D. dissertation and my other research articles. So, I must say that participating in LIFT’08, which started today in Geneva, was simply a great relief and breath of fresh air! This event, which isn’t just about listening business people and thinkers [...]
Electric IT
Posted by: Ariane Beldi on: February 4, 2008
Beware, Google might be soon ready to overthrow Microsoft and become the new master of the IT galaxy!
At least, this is what one could understand from the remarkable article about the future of office computing by Nicolas Carr featured in the front page of the January 30 issue of the Financial Times supplement Digital Business. [...]
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Online academic research tools
- Popular Culture of Japan: An Annotated Directory of Internet Resources
- AVForums.com Home
- Dipity
- Listology
- Babelio - Vos livres en ligne - Connectez vos bibliothèques
- Organize, Discuss, Discover - MyAnimeList.net
- World Bank - Welcome to the World Bank Developer Network!
- Data & Statistics
- SEVN : Syndicat de l'Edition Vidéo Numérique
- mekentosj.com : Software for Research
My links on diigo
- concordiaprogram.pdf (application/pdf Object) December 16, 2009
- Journal of the Imaginary and Fantastic : Vol.1 No.2 : Hayao Miyazaki studies December 11, 2009
- Video - Tough Times for Anime's Animators - WSJ.com December 10, 2009
- AFP: Rap and manga - new roads to Nirvana in Japan December 10, 2009
- Otaku Encyclopedia – Book Review | Jamaipanese December 8, 2009
The Chronicles of Timothy Abbott
- European Elections? Well, they are happening somewhere
- Out of Brixton into the world
- Timothy Abbott's Chronicles of night and Northern Light
- Landscapes of the mind and soul » Timothy Abbott. Professionally produced, unconventional journalism
- Landscapes of the body » Timothy Abbott. Professionally produced, unconventional journalism
Confessions of an Aca-Fan
- Public Media, Public Education, and the Public Good: An Interview with Heather Chaplin (Part Two)
- Public Media, Public Education, and the Public Good: An Interview with Heather Chaplin (Part One)
- How Fictional Story Worlds Influence Real World Politics
- On Chuck and Carrot Mobs: Mapping the Connections Between Participatory Culture and Public Participation
- Harry Potter: The Exhibition, or what Location Entertainment Adds to a Transmedia Franchise
New Media & Society
- Lewis, J., & West, A. (2009). ‘Friending’: London-based undergraduates’ experience of Facebook. New Media Society, 11(7), 1209-1229.
- Mager, A. (2009). Mediated health: sociotechnical practices of providing and using online health information. New Media Society, 11(7), 1123-1142.
- Wofford, J. (2009). Book Review: Terry Harpold, Ex-foliations: Reading Machines and the Upgrade Path. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2009. 351 pp. ISBN 9780816651023, $25 (pbk). New Media Society, 11(7), 1259-1261.
- Hwang, J. M., Cheong, P. H., & Feeley, T. H. (2009). Being young and feeling blue in Taiwan: examining adolescent depressive mood and online and offline activities. New Media Society, 11(7), 1101-1121.
- Erickson, I. (2009). Review Article: To be networked, hyperlinked, portable: Kazys Varnelis (ed.), Networked Publics. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2008. x + 176 pp. ISBN 9780262220859, $35 (hbk) Joseph Turow and Lokman Tsui (eds), The Hyperlinked Society: Questioning Connections in the Digital Age. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2008. vi + 319 pp. ISBN 9780472050437, $24.95 (pbk) Mary Chayko, Portable Communities: The Social Dynamics of Online and Mobile Connectedness. Albany, NY: SUNY Press, 2008. x + 306 pp. ISBN 9780791476000, $24.95 (pbk). New Media Society, 11(7), 1252-1258.
