The University of Iowa College of Liberal Arts & Sciences Communication Studies Resources

Communication Studies/Digital Media Resources
Compiled and edited by Karla Tonella

News, Journals, and 'Zines

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The Alertbox: Current Issues in Web Usability
Bi-monthly column by Jakob Nielsen, SunSoft Distinguished Engineer
ALTX Online Network
Where the digerati meet the literati
Atlantic Unbound: Digital Culture
Articles by Ralph Lombreglia and others in the online version of that old classic, Atlantic Monthly.
Brillo Magazine
"Extra Abrasive" An excellent collection of articles under the heading "Armed and Dangerous."
Center for Social Media
Directed by Pat Aufderheide, Professor of Journalism at American University, the Center "puts a spotlight on mediamaking for social purposes. It showcases and analyzes moving image media as creative tools for public knowledge and action.
Communications of the ACM
ACM serves a membership of computing professionals and students in more than 100 countries in all areas of industry, academia, and government.
Computers in Human Behavior
A scholarly journal dedicated to examining the use of computers from a psychological perspective. Tables of contents, sample issue, author guidelines.
Convergence: The Journal of Research into New Media Technologies
"a refereed academic paper journal which addresses the creative, social, political and pedagogical issues raised by the advent of new media technologies."
CMC - Computer-Mediated Communication Magazine
One of the first online journals on digital media, CMC has been online since 1994. Back issues are available in the archives.
CNet Online
CNET's network of Internet include:
CNET.COM , reviews and information about computers and the Internet
NEWS.COM , a 24-hour-a-day technology news service
DOWNLOAD.COM , free-to-download software titles available over the Internet
SHAREWARE.COM, searchable index of more than 200,000 downloadable freeware and shareware titles
ACTIVEX.COM , a specialized software source for researching, locating, and downloading the latest ActiveXTM controls
SEARCH.COM , a categorized collection of more than 400 Internet search engines and tools
Configurations
"The official publication of the Society for Literature and Science, Configurations is the only journal devoted to the study of discourse pertainint to the theories and practices of science, technology, and medicine." U. Iowa people can access the full text of articles via the Library subscription.
Currents in Electronic Literacy
Computers, Writing, Research and Learning in the Lab - "an electronic journal published by the Computer Writing and Research Lab of the Division of Rhetoric and Composition at The University of Texas at Austin. Currents' purpose is to provide for the scholarly discussion of issues pertaining to electronic literacy, widely construed."
Cypersociology Magazine
Cybersociology is a non-profit multi-disciplinary webzine dedicated to the critical discussion of the internet, cyberspace, cyberculture and life online.
Current Cites
An annotated monthly bibliography of selected articles, books, and electronic documents on information technology edited by Teri Andrews Rinne.
Cybersociology Magazine
Cybersociology is a non-profit multi-disciplinary webzine dedicated to the critical discussion of the internet, cyberspace, cyberculture and life online.
Digital Formations
"is a source for critical, well-written books about digital technologies and modern life. Books in the series break new ground by emphasizing multiple methodological and theoretical approaches to probe the formation and re-formation of lived experience as it is refracted through digital interaction. "
Digital Media Magazines - Ecoloa Newsstand
Links to over 20 commercial magazines, like Adobe, CD-ROM Professional, IEEE Multiamedia, Interactive Week, New Media, etc.
EJVC - Electronic Journal of Virtual Culture
EJVC is a quarterly peer-reviewed electronic journal dedicated to scholarly research and discussion of all aspects of computer-mediated human experience, behavior, action, and interaction.
Enculturation
"A refereed journal devoted to contemporary theorizations of rhetoric, writing, and culture. We accept academic arguments, broadly construed, in all media forms suitable for web-based publication, including conventional articles, hypertexts, and multimedia projects."
FiberCulture: Internet theory, criticism and research.
"fibreculture is about critical and speculative interventions in the debate and discussions concerning information technology, the policy that concerns it, the new media for(u)ms it supports and its sustainable deployment towards a more equitable Australia. fibreculture is a forum for the exchange of articles, ideas and arguments on Australian IT policy in a broad, cultural context. it concerns the philosophy and politics of : information and creative industries; national strategies for innovation, research and development; education; and media."
First Monday
Peer-reviewed journal on the Internet First Monday publishes original articles about the Internet and the Global Information Infrastructure. First Monday has: followed the political and regulatory regimes affecting the Internet; examined the use of the Internet, by analyzing economic, technical, and social factors; reviewed research and development of Internet software and hardware; studied the use of Internet in specific communities; reported on standards; and, discussed the content of the Internet.
Game Studies
"A crossdisciplinary journal dedicated to games research, web-published several times a year at www.gamestudies.org. Our primary focus is aesthetic, cultural and communicative aspects of computer games."
HotWired
Not just an online version of its parent,Wired   magazine, HotWired has its own staff and flavor. Many topical sections, almost always provocative content.
IHT Technology Index
Top technology stories from the pages of the International Herald Tribune. (UK)
Information, Communication and Society
Tables of contents and abstracts only. Full text available to subscribing institutions.
The Informational Society
"A key critical forum for leading edge analysis of the impacts, policies, system concepts, and methodologies related to information technologies and changes in society and culture. Some of the key information technologies include computers and telecommunications; the sites of social change include homelife, workplaces, schools, communities and diverse organizations, as well as new social forms in cyberspace."
Internet Magazine
A London based magazine "for enthusiasts and serious users of the Internet."
Interpersonal Computing and Technology Journal
A scholarly, peer-reviewed journal, published two/four times a year. The journal's focus is on computer-mediated communication, and the pedagogical issues surrounding the use of computers and technology in educational settings.
JASSS - The Journal of Artificial Societies and Social Simulation
An inter-disciplinary journal for the exploration and understanding of social processes by means of compouter simulation. Peer-reviewed. published quarterly.
Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication
"Articles submitted to JCMC should make a contribution to knowledge in the field of computer-mediated communication. No one discipline, and no single methodology is viewed as inherently superior. Research based in any of the social sciences is welcome." Peer-reviewed, published quarterly.
Journal of Electronic Publishing
is a quarterly electronic-only publication from the University of Michigan Press that covers all aspects -- both scholarly and experiential -- of the growing field of online publishing.
Journal of Interactive Media in Education
Aims: "To foster a multidisciplinary and intellectually rigorous debate on the theoretical and practical aspects of interactive media in education - To clarify the cognitive, social and cultural issues raised by the use of interactive media in education. - To radically improve teaching and learning through better interactive media. - To publish leading international research on the theories, practices and experiences in the field. - To link scholars and commercial practitioners - Through its innovative use of interactive Net-based media, to be an action research project which explores the changing face of journals, and more broadly, scholarly practice in the age of digital publishing and communication."
The Journal of Medical Internet Research
JMIR… is the first international scientific peer-reviewed journal on all aspects of research, information and communication in the healthcare field using Internet and Intranet-related technologies; a broad field, which is nowadays called "eHealth"
Journal of Online Behavior
"JOB is concerned with the empirical study of human behavior in the online environment, and with the impact of evolving communication and information technology upon individuals, groups, organizations, and society. It is a peer-reviewed, behavioral science/social science journal, with editorial board members from several countries and disciplinary affiliations."
The Journal of Virtual Environments
"A refereed electronic journal which publishes research that relates to Virtual Environments or makes use of Virtual Environments.Of particular interest are anthropological, psychological, and sociological approaches, as are the practical and technical aspects of creating, maintaining and administrating VEs. Both empirical and theoretical works are welcome. The Journal also publishes "Comments" (shorter pieces which propose new directions for research on Virtual Environments) and book reviews."
Leonardo
The leading international journal for readers interested in the application of contemporary science and technology to the arts and music. U. Iowa people can access full text of articles via the Library subscription
M/C A Journal of Media and Culture
"M/C Journal was founded (as "M/C - a journal of media and culture") in 1998 as a place of public intellectualism analysing and critiquing the meeting of media and culture. As such, it is fully blind peer-reviewed, but also open to submissions and responses from anyone on the Internet. We take seriously the need to move ideas outward, so that our cultural debates may have some resonance with wider political and cultural interests."
The Mining Company - Be a Guide
Web site reviews by Mining Company stringers.
Neural.it: Hacktivism, E-Music and New Media Art
"A daily updated site on new media art, electronic music and hacktivism, quarterly printed as magazine."
NewsHub
Short news items from this list of publications: Yahoo's Tech, Nando InfoTech, Tech Wire, Media Daily, GINA I-Wire, InfoWorld, PC Week, InterActive Week, ZDNET, Computerworld, News.com, Wired, IT Informer, NYTSYN, Online Insider, BrowserWatch, Upside Mag., New Win95, Motley Fool, Inet Stocks, InfoSeek
NewsLinx: Daily Web News
Features links to stories culled from the mainstream press, with updates posted throughout the day.
New Media Cultures
"A book series published by Sage, New Media Cultures critically examines emerging social formations arising from, and surrounding, new technologies of communication. It focuses on the processes, products and narratives that intersect with these technologies. An emphasis of the series is on the Internet and computer-mediated communication, particularly as those technologies are implicated in the relationships between individuals, social groups, modern and postmodern ways of knowing, and public and private life."
New Media & Society
"an international journal designed to provide an interdisciplinary forum for the examination of the social dynamics of media and information change."
Nicholas Negroponte'sWired  Columns
"Nicholas Negroponte is a founder and the director of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's uniquely innovative Media Laboratory" and author of the book Being Digital.  This is an archive of his regular articles published in Wired  Magazine.
Presence
"The first journal for serious investigators of teleoperators and virtual environments, incorporating perspectives from physics to philosophy" Calls for papers, Tables of contents and abstracts only.
Salon 21st
Salon's new weekly digital culture department "Our goal is simple: to bring you the Web's best-written, most insightful and liveliest coverage of the issues, people and ideas at the bustling intersection where digital technology meets world culture."
Speed: Technology, Media, Society
"Provides a forum for the critical investigation of technology, media, and society. Our intention is to contribute toward a democratic discourse of technology and media, one that is always focused upon the material conditions of life that technologies and media constitute and demand, and yet does not lose sight of the power of ideas to change those conditions."
Technology Review
MIT publication - news on emerging technologies and their impact.
TIR Web
The Iowa Review Web " includes--along with electronic literature--other varieties of experimental writing and art. It also features interviews with innovative writers, and critical articles and essays."
Tools for the Art of Tomorrow
Key Elements for Virtual or Mixed Reality environments
Working Papers in Communication Technology and Culture
Most of these papers are authored by graduate students in a seminar that explores communication technology and culture.
Web Toolz Magazine
The resource for webmasters: newz, articlez, toolz, reviewz, linkz.
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