new (and last) set of reviews in cyberculture studies (december 09)

each month, RCCS Reviews pumps out free, full-length reviews of books about contemporary media and culture. this month, RCCS Reviews features 10 reviews of 8 books with 4 author responses. books of the month for december 2009 are:


Electronic Literature: New Horizons for the Literary
Author: N. Katherine Hayles
Publisher: University of Notre Dame Press, 2008
Review 1: Pramod K. Nayar
Review 2: Luis Amate Perez
Author Response: N. Katherine Hayles

Global Capital, Local Culture: Transnational Media Corporations in China
Author: Anthony Y.H. Fung
Publisher: Peter Lang, 2008
Review 1: Hanna Cho
Author Response: Anthony Y.H. Fung

Mechanisms: New Media and the Forensic Imagination
Author: Matthew G. Kirschenbaum
Publisher: MIT Press, 2008
Review 1: Viola Lasmana
Review 2: Jentery Sayers
Author Response: Matthew Kirschenbaum

Scholarship in the Digital Age: Information, Infrastructure, and the Internet
Author: Christine L. Borgman
Publisher: MIT Press, 2007
Review 1: Denise N. Rall

Signs of Life: Bio Art and Beyond
Editor: Eduardo Kac
Publisher: MIT Press, 2006
Review 1: Yazan Haddad

Small Tech: The Culture of Digital Tools
Editor: Byron Hawek, David M. Rieder, Ollie Oviedo
Publisher: University of Minnesota Press, 2008
Review 1: Brenda Berkelaar

Technology in a Multicultural and Global Society
Editor: May Thorseth, Charles Ess
Publisher: Norwegian University of Science and Technology, 2005
Review 1: Delia D. Dumitrica
Author Response: Charles Ess and May Thorseth

Two Bits: The Cultural Significance of Free Software
Author: Christopher M. Kelty
Publisher: Duke University Press, 2008
Review 1: Tim Jordan

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new reviews in cyberculture studies (november 2009)

each month, RCCS Reviews pumps out free, full-length reviews of books about contemporary media and culture. this month, RCCS Reviews features 13 reviews of 9 books with 5 author responses! books of the month for november 2009 are:


Ambivalence Towards Convergence: Digitalisation and Media Change
Editors: Tanja Storsul, Dagny Stuedahl
Publisher: Nordicom, 2007
Review 1: Fiona Martin

Blogs, Wikipedia, Second Life, and Beyond: From Production to Produsage
Author: Axel Bruns
Publisher: Peter Lang, 2008
Review 1: Verena Laschinger
Review 2: Alan Razee
Review 3: Erin Stark
Author Response: Axel Bruns

Digital Media and Democracy: Tactics in Hard Times
Editor: Megan Boler
Publisher: MIT Press, 2008
Review 1: J. Patrick Biddix
Review 2: Mary K. Bryson
Author Response: Megan Boler

Displacing Place: Mobile Communication in the Twenty-First Century
Editor: Sharon Kleinman
Publisher: Peter Lang, 2007
Review 1: Kevin Douglas Kuswa
Review 2: Katheryn Wright
Author Response: Sharon Kleinman

Literatures in the Digital Era: Theory and Praxis
Editors: Amelia Sanz, Dolores Romero
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2007
Review 1: Sara Humphreys

Making Digital Cultures: Access, Interactivity and Authenticity
Author: Martin Hand
Publisher: Ashgate, 2008
Review 1: Jen Ross
Author Response: Martin Hand

Making Silicon Valley: Innovation and the Growth of High Tech, 1930-1970
Author: Christophe Lécuyer
Publisher: MIT Press, 2005
Review 1: Judith Otto

Moving Cultures: Mobile Communications in Everyday Life
Authors: André H. Caron, Letizia Caronia
Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press, 2007
Review 1: Erin Jonasson
Author Response: Letizia Caronia and André H. Caron

New Tech, New Ties: How Mobile Communication Is Reshaping Social Cohesion
Author: Rich Ling
Publisher: MIT Press, 2008
Review 1: Kathrin Kissau

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new reviews in cyberculture studies (october 2009)

each month, RCCS Reviews pumps out free, full-length reviews of books about contemporary media and culture. this month, RCCS Reviews features 8 reviews of 5 books with 3 author responses!

books of the month for october 2009 are:


20 Questions About Youth & the Media
Editor: Sharon R. Mazzarella
Publisher: Peter Lang, 2007
Review 1: Molly Swiger

Cyborgs and Barbie Dolls: Feminism, Popular Culture and the Posthuman Body
Author: Kim Toffoletti
Publisher: I.B. Tauris, 2007
Review 1: M. Beatrice Bittarello
Review 2: Birgit Pretzsch
Review 3: Nicholas Yanes
Author Response: Kim Toffoletti

Instant Identity: Adolescent Girls and the World of Instant Messaging
Author: Shayla Thiel Stern
Publisher: Peter Lang, 2007
Review 1: Andrea J. Baker
Author Response: Shayla Thiel Stern

Knowledge as a Commons: From Theory to Practice
Editor: Charlotte Hess, Elinor Ostrom
Publisher: MIT Press, 2007
Review 1: Colette Wanless-Sobel
Author Response: Elinor Ostrom and Charlotte Hess

Queer Girls and Popular Culture: Reading, Resisting, and Creating Media
Author: Susan Driver
Publisher: Peter Lang, 2007
Review 1: Lisa Justine Hernández
Review 2: Alison Miller-Slade

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new reviews in cyberculture studies (september 2009)

each month, RCCS Reviews pumps out free, full-length reviews of books about contemporary media and culture. this month, RCCS Reviews features 14 reviews of 7 books with 5 author responses!

books of the month for september 2009 are:


Digital Citizenship: The Internet, Society, and Participation
Authors: Karen Mossberger, Caroline J. Tolbert, Ramona S. McNeal
Publisher: MIT Press, 2008
Review 1: Carlos Nunes Silva

Digital Culture, Play and Identity: A World of Warcraft Reader
Editors: Hilde G Corneliussen, Jill Walker Rettberg
Publisher: MIT Press, 2008
Review 1: Shira Chess
Review 2: Jordan Patrick Lieser
Review 3: Christopher A. Paul
Author Response: Hilde G. Corneliussen and Jill Walker Rettberg

Ham Radio's Technical Culture
Author: Kristen Haring
Publisher: MIT Press, 2006
Review 1: Mark D. Johns
Review 2: Amanda R. Keeler
Author Response: Kristen Haring

iSpy: Surveillance and Power in the Interactive Era
Author: Mark Andrejevic
Publisher: University Press of Kansas, 2007
Review 1: Jacob Kramer-Duffield
Review 2: W. Benjamin Myers
Review 3: Hiesun Cecilia Suhr
Review 4: A. Freya Thimsen
Author Response: Mark Andrejevic

Online Social Support: The Interplay of Social Networks and Computer-Mediated Communication
Author: Antonina Bambina
Publisher: Cambria Press, 2007
Review 1: Willem de Koster
Review 2: Fred Stutzman
Author Response: Antonina Bambina

Surviving the New Economy
Editors: John Amman, Tris Carpenter, Gina Neff
Publisher: Paradigm Publishers, 2007
Review 1: Maria Rosales-Sequeiros
Author Response: John Amman, Tris Carpenter, and Gina Neff

Theorizing Digital Cultural Heritage: A Critical Discourse
Editors: Fiona Cameron, Sarah Kenderdine
Publisher: MIT Press, 2007
Review 1: Jennifer Way

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new reviews in cyberculture studies (august 2009)

each month, RCCS Reviews pumps out free, full-length reviews of books about contemporary media and culture. this month, RCCS Reviews features 9 reviews of 4 books with 3 author responses! books of the month for august 2009 are:


Playing the Past: History and Nostalgia in Video Games
Editors: Zach Whalen, Laurie N. Taylor
Publisher: Vanderbilt University Press, 2008
Review 1: Carly A. Kocurek
Author Response: Zach Whalen

The Internet in the Arab World: Egypt and Beyond
Author: Rasha A. Abdulla
Publisher: Peter Lang, 2007
Review 1: Antonio A. Garcia
Review 2: Laurence Raw
Review 3: Natasha Ritsma
Author Response: Rasha A. Abdulla

The Pleasures of Computer Gaming: Essays on Cultural History, Theory and Aesthetics
Editors: Melanie Swalwell, Jason Wilson
Publisher: McFarland, 2008
Review 1: Dave Jones
Review 2: Alex Meredith
Author Response: Melanie Swalwell

Zero Comments: Blogging and Critical Internet Culture
Author: Geert Lovink
Publisher: Routledge, 2008
Review 1: Liz Ellcessor
Review 2: Tricia M. Farwell
Review 3: Madeline Yonker

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new reviews in cyberculture studies (july 2009)

each month, RCCS Reviews pumps out free, full-length reviews of books about contemporary media and culture. books of the month for july 2009 are:


Cheating: Gaining Advantage in Videogames
Author: Mia Consalvo
Publisher: MIT Press, 2007
Review 1: Bryan G. Behrenshausen
Review 2: Tanner Higgin
Review 3: Ray Vichot
Author Response: Mia Consalvo

Digitizing Race: Visual Cultures of the Internet
Author: Lisa Nakamura
Publisher: University of Minnesota Press, 2007
Review 1: Yuya Kiuchi
Review 2: Nicholas Knouf
Review 3: Koen Leurs
Review 4: Andrea L. Volpe
Author Response: Lisa Nakamura

Evocative Objects: Things We Think With
Editor: Sherry Turkle
Publisher: MIT Press, 2007
Review 1: Chris Foster
Review 2: Gloria Gannaway
Review 3: Linda Levitt
Review 4: Albin Wallace

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new reviews in cyberculture studies (february 2009)

(nearly) each month, RCCS publishes a set of book reviews and author responses. books of the month for february 2009 are:


Double Click: Romance and Commitment Among Online Couples
Author: Andrea J. Baker
Publisher: Hampton Press, 2005
Review: M. Carmen Gomez-Galisteo
Author Response: Andrea J. Baker

Living on Cybermind: Categories, Communications, and Control
Author: Jonathan Paul Marshall
Publisher: Peter Lang, 2007
Review: Alan Sondheim
Author Response: Jonathan Paul Marshall

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new reviews in cyberculture studies (november 2008)

each month, the resource center for cyberculture studies publishes book reviews and author responses.


books of the month for november 2008 are:

Reclaiming the Media: Communication Rights and Democratic Media Roles
Editors: Bart Cammaerts & Nico Carpentier
Publisher: Intellect, 2007
Review 1: Arthur L. Morin

Sensorium: Embodied Experience, Technology, and Contemporary Art
Editor: Caroline A. Jones
Publisher: MIT Press, 2006
Review 1: Kathleen O'Riordan
Author Response: Caroline Jones

there's lots more where that came from.

new reviews in cyberculture studies (october 2008)

each month, the resource center for cyberculture studies publishes book reviews and author responses.


the book of the month for october 2008 is:

Gamer Theory
Author: McKenzie Wark
Publisher: Harvard University Press, 2007
Review 1: Denisa Kera
Review 2: Shawn Miklaucic

stay tuned for more.

new reviews in cyberculture studies (september 2008)

each month, the resource center for cyberculture studies publishes book reviews and author responses.

books of the month for september 2008 are:

At a Distance: Precursors to Art and Activism on the Internet
Editors: Annmarie Chandler and Norie Neumark
Publisher: MIT Press, 2005
Review 1: Jennifer Way
Author Response: Annmarie Chandler
Author Response: Norie Neumark

Code: Collaborative Ownership and the Digital Economy
Editor: Rishab Aiyer Ghosh
Publisher: MIT Press, 2005
Review 1: Michel Bauwens

Follow for Now: Interviews with Friends and Heroes
Editor: Roy Christopher
Publisher: Well-Red Bear, 2007
Review 1: Ellis Godard
Author Response: Roy Christopher

stay tuned for more.

new reviews in cyberculture studies (august 2008)

the resource center for cyberculture studies (RCCS) publishes monthly book reviews and author responses. books of the month for august 2008 are:


Everyday eBay: Culture, Collecting, and Desire
Editors: Ken Hillis, Michael Petit, and Nathan Scott Epley
Publisher: Routledge, 2006
Review 1: Leslie Madsen-Brooks
Author Response: Ken Hillis

The Exploit: A Theory of Networks
Authors: Alexander R. Galloway and Eugene Thacker
Publisher: University of Minnesota Press, 2007
Review 1: Daniel Gilfillan
Review 2: Nathaniel Tkacz
Author Response: Alexander R. Galloway and Eugene Thacker

new reviews in cyberculture studies (july 2008)

each month, the resource center for cyberculture studies (RCCS) publishes a set of book reviews and author responses.


books of the month for july 2008 include:

Digital Contagions: A Media Archaeology of Computer Viruses
Author: Jussi Parikka
Publisher: Peter Lang Publishing, 2007
Review 1: Joseph Nechvatal
Author Response: Jussi Parikka

Ruling the Root: Internet Governance and the Taming of Cyberspace
Author: Milton L. Mueller
Publisher: MIT Press, 2002
Review 1: Pramod K. Nayar

Unit Operations: An Approach to Videogame Criticism
Author: Ian Bogost
Publisher: MIT Press, 2006
Review 1: Terry Schenold

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oh! coming so so soon: a very large list of new and exciting books waiting to be reviewed, perhaps by you.

new reviews in cyberculture studies (june 2008)

each month, the resource center for cyberculture studies (RCCS) publishes a set of book reviews and author responses.


books of the month for june 2008 include:

Disability and Contemporary Performance: Bodies on Edge
Author: Petra Kuppers
Publisher: Routledge, 2003
Review 1: Adi Kuntsman
Author Response: Petra Kuppers

My Mother Was a Computer: Digital Subjects and Literary Texts
Author: N. Katherine Hayles
Publisher: University of Chicago Press, 2005
Review 1: Michael Filas
Author Response: N. Katherine Hayles

Technically Together: Rethinking Community within Techno-Society
Author: Michele A. Willson
Publisher: Peter Lang Publishing, 2006
Review 1: Lisa Justine Hernández
Review 2: Barbara Iverson
Author Response: Michele Willson

enjoy. there's more where that came from. plus, coming soon (like in late june): a very large list of new and exciting books waiting to be reviewed, perhaps by you.

new reviews in cyberculture studies (may 2008)

each month, the resource center for cyberculture studies (RCCS) publishes a set of book reviews and author responses.


books of the month for may 2008 include:

Electronic Literature Collection (Volume 1)
Editors: N. Katherine Hayles, Nick Montfort, Scott Rettberg, Stephanie Strickland
Publisher: Electronic Literature Organization, 2006
Review 1: Kimberly De Vries
Author Response: N. Katherine Hayles
Author Response: Scott Rettberg

Gatewatching: Collaborative Online News Production
Author: Axel Bruns
Publisher: Peter Lang Publishers, 2005
Review 1: J. Richards Stevens
Author Response: Axel Bruns

Wired Shut: Copyright and the Shape of Digital Culture
Author: Tarleton Gillespie
Publisher: MIT Press, 2007
Review 1: Benjamin J. Bates
Review 2: Troy K. Schneider
Author Response: Tarleton Gillespie

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new reviews in cyberculture studies (april 2008)

each month, the resource center for cyberculture studies (RCCS) publishes a set of book reviews and author responses.


books of the month for april 2008 include:

Always Already New: Media, History, and the Data of Culture
Author: Lisa Gitelman
Publisher: MIT Press, 2006
Review 1: J. Patrick Biddix
Review 2: David Heineman
Review 3: Michelle Rodino-Colocino
Author Response: Lisa Gitelman

Convergence Culture: Where Old and New Media Collide
Author: Henry Jenkins
Publisher: NYU Press, 2006
Review 1: Susan Keith
Review 2: Anne Kustritz
Review 3: Darby Orcutt
Review 4: J. Richard Stevens
Author Response: Henry Jenkins

Everything Is Miscellaneous: The Power of the New Digital Disorder
Author: David Weinberger
Publisher: Times Books, 2007
Review 1: Lucinda Austin
Review 2: Geoffrey B. Cain
Review 3: Erika Pearson
Author Response: David Weinberger

Online Matchmaking
Editors: Monica T. Whitty, Andrea J. Baker, James A. Inman
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan, 2007
Review 1: Trudy Barber
Author Response: Andrea J. Baker

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new reviews in cyberculture studies (march 2008)

each month, the resource center for cyberculture studies (RCCS) publishes a set of book reviews and author responses. books of the month for march 2008 include:

Cybersounds: Essays on Virtual Music Culture
Editor: Michael D. Ayers
Publisher: Peter Lang, 2006
Review 1: Lori Landay
Review 2: Shintaro Miyazaki
Review 3: Marc W.D. Tyrrell
Editor Response: Michael D. Ayers

Cyberspace Romance: The Psychology of Online Relationships
Authors: Monica Whitty, Adrian Carr
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan, 2006
Review 1: Rhiannon Bury
Review 2: Michele Hammers

Fan Fiction and Fan Communities in the Age of the Internet: New Essays
Editors: Karen Hellekson, Kristina Busse
Publisher: McFarland & Co., 2006
Review 1: Lan Xuan Le
Author Response: Karen Hellekson & Kristina Busse

The Virtual Window: From Alberti to Microsoft
Author: Anne Friedberg
Publisher: MIT Press, 2006
Review 1: Christy Dena
Author Response: Anne Friedberg

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new reviews in cyberculture studies (february 2008)

each month, the resource center for cyberculture studies (RCCS) publishes a set of book reviews and author responses. books of the month for february 2008 include:

Control and Freedom: Power and Paranoia in the Age of Fiber Optics
Author: Wendy Hui Kyong Chun
Publisher: MIT Press, 2006
Review 1: Jentery Sayers
Author Response: Wendy Chun

From Counterculture to Cyberculture: Stewart Brand, the Whole Earth Network, and the Rise of Digital Utopianism
Author: Fred Turner
Publisher: University of Chicago Press, 2006
Review 1: Lonny J Avi Brooks
Review 2: William Bryant
Review 3: Merav Katz-Kimchi
Review 4: Linda Levitt
Review 5: Alan Razee
Author Response: Fred Turner

La Comunicazione del Terzo Settore nel Mezzogiorno
Author: Stefano Martelli
Publisher: Franco Angeli, 2006
Review 1: Gaetano Gucciardo (Italiano)
Review 2: Gaetano Gucciardo (English)

Organized Networks: Media Theory, Creative Labour, New Institutions
Author: Ned Rossiter
Publisher: NAi Publishers, 2006
Review 1: Daren C. Brabham
Author Response: Ned Rossiter

Reformatting Politics: Information Technology and Global Civil Society
Editors: Jodi Dean, Jon W. Anderson, Geert Lovink
Publisher: Routledge, 2006
Review 1: Athina Karatzogianni

The Internet Imaginaire
Author: Patrice Flichy
Publisher: MIT Press, 2007
Review 1: M. Beatrice Bittarello
Author Response: Patrice Flichy

The Iron Whim: A Fragmented History of Typewriting
Author: Darren Wershler-Henry
Publisher: Cornell University Press, 2007
Review 1: Adam Tourek
Author Response: Darren Wershler-Henry

The Politics of Cyberconflict
Author: Athina Karatzogianni
Publisher: Routledge, 2006
Review 1: Andrew Robinson
Author Response: Athina Karatzogianni

Uses of Blogs
Editors: Axel Bruns, Joanne Jacobs
Publisher: Peter Lang, 2006
Review 1: Tricia Farwell
Review 2: Tama Leaver
Review 3: Damien Pfister
Review 4: Daniel C. Smith
Author Response: Axel Bruns & Joanne Jacobs

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new reviews in cyberculture studies (january 2008)

a new year, new book reviews!

each month, the resource center for cyberculture studies (RCCS) publishes a set of book reviews and author responses. books of the month for january 2008 include:

META/DATA: A Digital Poetics
Author: Mark Amerika
Publisher: MIT Press, 2007
Review 1: Vika Zafrin
Author Response: Mark Amerika

The Body and the Screen: Theories of Internet Spectatorship
Author: Michele White
Publisher: MIT Press, 2006
Review 1: Jessica Brophy
Review 2: Gabriel Jones
Review 3: Adi Kuntsman
Review 4: Kelly McWilliam
Review 5: Alison Miller
Author Response: Michele White

Youth Online: Identity and Literacy in the Digital Age
Author: Angela Thomas
Publisher: Peter Lang Publishers, 2007
Review 1: Alison Harvey


authors and publishers: if you would like RCCS to consider reviewing your book, please send us a review copy. if you think your book would benefit from the ideas and perspectives of multiple reviewers, please send us multiple review copies. we are especially eager to receive and review books written in languages other than english and books published in countries other than the US and UK. send books to:

David Silver/RCCS
Department of Media Studies
University of San Francisco
2130 Fulton Street
San Francisco, CA 94117

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new reviews in cyberculture studies (december 2007)

each month, the resource center for cyberculture studies (RCCS) publishes a set of book reviews and author responses. books of the month for december 2007 include:

Color Monitors: The Black Face of Technology in America
Author: Martin Kevorkian
Publisher: Cornell University Press, 2006
Review 1: Cristina Lopez
Review 2: Paul Khalil Saucier
Author Response: Martin Kevorkian

Social Consequences of Internet Use: Access, Involvement, and Interaction
Authors: James E. Katz & Ronald E. Rice
Publisher: MIT Press, 2002
Review 1: Curtis Fogel
Review 2: Mara Hobler
Review 3: Asa Rosenberg
Author Response: Ronald E. Rice and James E. Katz

The Metaphysics of Capital
Author: Nicholas Ruiz III
Publisher: Intertheory Press, 2006
Review 1: David Christopher Jackson
Review 2: Kevin Douglas Kuswa

Web Campaigning
Authors: Kirsten A. Foot & Steven M. Schneider
Publisher: MIT Press, 2006
Review 1: Scott Dunn
Review 2: Gerhard Fuchs
Review 3: Lydia Perovic
Author Response: Kirsten Foot & Steven Schneider

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new reviews in cyberculture studies (november 2007)

each month, the resource center for cyberculture studies (RCCS) publishes a set of book reviews and author responses. books of the month for november 2007 include:

Residual Media
Editor: Charles R. Acland
Publisher: University of Minnesota Press, 2007
Review 1: Daniel Gilfillan
Review 2: D. Travers Scott
Author Response: Charles R. Acland

GameScenes: Art in the Age of Videogames
Editors: Matteo Bittanti & Domenico Quaranta
Publisher: Johan & Levi, 2006
Review 1: Claudia Costa Pederson
Author Response: Domenico Quaranta

Mobile Communication and Society: A Global Perspective
Authors: Manuel Castells, Mireia Fernández-Ardèvol, Jack Linchuan Qiu, and Araba Sey
Publisher: MIT Press, 2006
Review 1: Hill Taylor
Authors Response: Mireia Fernandez-Ardevol, Jack Linchuan Qiu, and Araba Sey

Electric Dreams: Computers in American Culture
Author: Ted Friedman
Publisher: NYU Press, 2005
Review 1: Suzanne Damarin

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