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Editing the Theory, Culture & Society open site

I’ve posted previously about Theory, Culture & Society‘s new open site. Recently I’ve taken on the role of co-editor of the site. It’s a really exciting opportunity and I’m really pleased to be taking it on. The role is still … Continue reading

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Big Data & Society

The new open access journal Big Data & Society is getting closer to publication. It’s edited by Evelyn Ruppert. It now has a blog/website which is now live. It contains some further information about the journal, with more to follow … Continue reading

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A new web resource from Theory, Culture & Society

The journal Theory, Culture & Society have just launched a new web resource. As well as links to the journal issues and special issues, it also contains links to the TCS book series and the Body & Society journal. This … Continue reading

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Popular Culture, Media & Society (my undergraduate module)

This summer I’ve spent quite a bit of time reflecting on my undergraduate module ‘Popular Culture, Media & Society’. It’s a year-long second year module that I co-ordinate, I also do most of the teaching on it (I’m doing 15 … Continue reading

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A special issue on The Rise of Internet Studies

New Media & Society have just published a special issue on The Rise of Internet Studies edited by Charles M Ess and William H Dutton. As well as the editorial introduction the collection also included an analysis if the rise … Continue reading

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Media and communication studies in the 21st century

The journal Media, Culture & Society has a special issue entitled ‘Back to the future: media and communication studies in the 21st Century‘.

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Theory, Culture & Society Annual review : with a section on Simmel and an article on the promise of sociology

The new Theory, Culture & Society Annual Review has just been published. It contains a really comprehensive section on Georg Simmel. There are some really interesting looking pieces there, plus there are some important new translations of some of Simmel’s … Continue reading

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A special issue of TCS on ‘Topologies of culture’

This new double issue of Theory, Culture & Society looks really interesting. It’s a special issue on ‘Topologies of culture‘. There are some impressive contributors and the articles look lively. It’s edited by Celia Lury, Luciana Parisi and Tiziana Terranova. … Continue reading

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The review section and a new issue of Information, Communication & Society on the tensions of participation and collaboration

A new special issue of Information, Communication & Society is out. It’s on the topic of the tensions of collaboration and participation in media. I’ve mentioned on here before that I’ve taken over as review editor at ICS. I’ve been … Continue reading

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New issue of Theory, Culture & Society

A new issue of TCS is out. Contains a interesting looking article on boredom by Michael Gardiner.

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