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Culture and Technology in the New Europe: Civic Discourse in Transition in Post-Communist Nations
Edited by Laura Lengel
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This
book presents the insights of an international group of
academic researchers and media practitioners who examine the impact of technology
on East Central Europe, South-Eastern Europe, the Newly Independent States
and the Russian Federation.
Drawing from the expertise of authors from and working in the region, the book addresses concerns that the New Europe faces at the eve of the Third Millennium and a decade after the fall of communist rule. Such concerns include access to information and communication technology and the culturally-specific discourses articulated through media and technology. While the book focuses on information and communication technology, underlying issues of economic struggle, legal reforms, and the development of a participatory democracy are examined.
The book is distinguished by diverse studies ranging from the problems of "Cyber Hate" from and about the New Europe, to online activism in war-torn Kosovo, Bosnia, Croatia and Yugoslavia, to how digital media art articulates new cultural and creative freedoms once silenced by the Soviet regime. Finally, the book looks to the future of media, technology and communication in the New Europe, particularly the gaps between post-socialist nations and those more technologically advantaged, and how these gaps can be narrowed or eradicated in the Third Millennium.
Reviews
"An insightful collection of research which foregrounds the importance of technology in this diverse, ever-transforming region."
"What is the impact of technology on the cultures of post-communist nations? This book addresses this important question with a wide range of theoretical and critical perspectives. An excellent volume."
"This is precisely the book we have been waiting for. A clear articulation of the challenges and successes we have experienced."
Contents
- Foreword - Alfred Hermida
- Preface
- Introduction
- Culture and Technology in the New Europe - Laura Lengel
- Part I: Theoretical Foundations
- Ferment and Transition in the New Europe: Challenges for Intercultural and International Communication - Priya Kapoor
- Contemporary Economic, Socio-Cultural and Technological Contexts in the New Europe - Anna Lubecka
- Intellectuals' Civic Discourse in New Europe: Konrad and Cultural Responsibilities of a Civil Society - Noemi Marin
- The Public Sphere in Electronic Spaces - Jon Mided
- Alone in the Crowd: the Politics of Cybernetic Isolation - John Horvath
- Part II: Concerns and Challenges in the New Europe
- Mediated Concerns: The New Europe in Hypertext - Dina Iordanova
- Organized Innocence and War in the New Europe: On Electronic Solitude and Independent Media - Geert Lovink
- CyberHate: The Discourse of Intolerance in the New Europe - Elliot Glassman
- Gender and the Technology Gap in New Europe - Laura Lengel
- Online Orality: The Internet, Folklore and Culture in Russia - Bruce McClelland
- Part III: Contexts and Practices in the New Europe
- Video as Civic Discourse in Slovenia and the Former Yugoslavia: Strategies of Visualization and the Aesthetics of Video in the New Europe - Marina Gržinić
- Building Community with Russia on the Internet: The Friends and Partners Initiative - Margot Emery and Benjamin Bates
- The Evolution of Cybernetic Civic Discourse in Post-Communist Poland - John Parrish-Sprowl and Eric Paul Engel
- Kultura/Technologie Mladych: Youth Culture and Technology in the Czech Republic - Zdenka Telnarová, Eva Burianová and Laura Lengel
- ZaMir Transnational Net: Computer Mediated Communication and Resistance Music in Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia and the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia - Amy Herron and Eric Bachman
- Part IV: The New Europe into the Third Millennium
- Socialist Media in the Post-Soviet Era Now and in the Future: Reflections on the Asian Experience - Drew O. McDaniel
- Georgia's Media: Options and Opportunities for the Third Millennium - Nicholas Johnson
- Collaboration through Technology Now and in the Future: Linking the New Europe with the World - Bozena Mannova, Christina Preston and Laura Lengel
- The Future of Culture and Technology in the New Europe - Anna Lubecka
About the Editor
Laura Lengel began her research on culture and technology as a Fulbright Scholar in North Africa. Her publications, which have appeared in Journal of Communication Inquiry and Convergence: The Journal of Research into New Media Technologies, and her forthcoming book, "Intercultural Communication and Creative Practice: Women and Performance in Global Contexts" (Ablex) address technology, gender studies, and critical ethnographic field research. She is Senior Lecturer in Communications at Richmond American International University in London.
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