Overview

Culture and Technology in the New Europe 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 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.

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Author:   Laura Lengel
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Imprint:   Praeger Publishers Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.60cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.791kg
ISBN:  

9781567504668

ISBN 10:   1567504663
Pages:   412
Publication Date:   13 April 2000
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Foreward Alfred Hermida Preface Introduction: Culture and Technology in the New Europe Laura Lengel Theoretical Foundations Ferment and Transition in the New Europe: Imperatives for a Europe in Transition Priya Kapoor Contemporary Economic, Sociocultural, and Technological Contexts in the New Europe Anna Lubecka Intellectuals' Civic Discourse in the New Europe: Konrad and Cultural Responsibilities of a Civil Society Noemi Marin The Internet and the Public Sphere; What Kind Of Space is Cyberspace? Jon Mided Alone in the Crowd: The Politics of Cybernetic Isolation John Horvath 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 Intolerence in the New Europe Elliot Glassman Gender and Technology in the New Europe Laura Lengel Online Orality: The Internet, Folklore and Culture in Russia Bruce McClelland Contexts and Pracitce in the New Europe Video as Civic Discourse in the Former Yugoslavia: Strategies of Visualization and the Aesthetics of Video in the New Europe Marina Grzincic Building Community with Russia on the Internet: 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 Telnarova, Eva Burianove, and Laura Lengal ZaMir Transitional Net: Computer-Mediated Communication and Resistance Music in Bosnia-Herzgovina, Croatia, and the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Amy Herron and Eric Bachman The New Europe the New Millinnium 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 Oppurtunities for the Third Millennium Nicholas Johnson Collaboration Through Technology Now and in the Future: Linking the New Europe with the World Christina Preston, Bozena Mannove and Laura Lengel The Future of Culture and Technology in the New Europe Anna Lubeck Author and Subject Index

Reviews

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. -Stanislav Sinor Faculty of Technology Charles University, Prague Provides an insightful collection of research which foregrounds the importance of technology in this diverse, ever-transforming region. -Sonia Rouve King College University of London This is precisely the book we have been waiting for. A clear articulation of the challenges and success we have experienced. -Natalya Sharova and Vladmir Titov Voronezh State University Voronezh, Russia

Provides an insightful collection of research which foregrounds the importance of technology in this diverse, ever-transforming region. -Sonia Rouve King College University of London This is precisely the book we have been waiting for. A clear articulation of the challenges and success we have experienced. -Natalya Sharova and Vladmir Titov Voronezh State University Voronezh, Russia 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. -Stanislav Sinor Faculty of Technology Charles University, Prague

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. -Stanislav Sinor Faculty of Technology Charles University, Prague

Author Information

LAURA LENGEL is Associate Professor in communications at Richmond American International University in London. Her publications, which have appeared in Journal of Communication Inquiry and Convergence, The Journal of Research into New Media Technologies, address technology, gender studies, and critical ethnographic field research.

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