A Critical Forum on Media and Culture
A Critical Forum on Media and Culture
Andres Lombana-Bermudez reflects on how Colombian public school systems utilized Information Communication Technologies (ICT) throughout the COVID-19 pandemic.
Read moreMaria Skouras analyzes the metaphor and invisibility of crucial technological infrastructures and the artists working to demystify these systems.
Read moreEric Forthun examines rideshare media production, the pervasiveness of the gig economy’s “side hustles,” and depictions of a diverse and precarious workforce through Uber Presents’ Da Republic of Brooklyn and Lyft Entertainment’s co-productions.
Read moreAndy Fischer Wright applies critical cultural theory to the rise in dockless scooter ridesharing and articulates some cultural implications tied to this new form of urban transportation.
Read moreJosh Braun reveals how digital surveillance not only puts user safety and security at risk but is also a threat to quality reporting and public interest media.
Read moreJoshua Braun explores the relationship between distribution and conceptions of the public, from early postal networks to social media, and discusses the growing disconnect between inclusive public interest and the market-driven logics that propel corporate interests.
Read moreAnthony P. McIntyre reflects on cultural representations of robots as cute in recent films and media, relating such constructions to contemporary capitalist labor dynamics and threats.
Read moreGermaine Halegoua considers how virtual assistants like Alexa represent a shift from the imagination of the smart home as a space of ambient screens to ambient interfaces for continual background listening.
Read moreAn interrogation of the continued quest for digitally addressable systems in India.
Read more“Cibercultura” y cibercultur@
by: Jorge A. González / Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
Una propuesta en cuanto al neologismo “cibercultur@”: entenderlo como un objeto de estudio y como un valor
de desarrollo y empoderamiento social. / A proposal to
use the neologism “cybercultur@” to designate an area
of study, as well as describe a value for development and social empowerment.
TiVoing Childhood
by: Jason Mittell / Middlebury College
What is television to a child who only knows TiVo?
Truth and Beauty
by: Christopher Anderson / Indiana University
Perhaps it’s time to focus a bit more of our attention on the technology, industry, and visualization strategies of medical imaging.