Spring 2008
This Gaming Life: Travels in Three Cities
Jim Rossignol
Part personal history, part travel narrative, part philosophical reflection on the meaning of play, This Gaming Life describes Rossignol's encounters in three cities: London, Seoul, and Reyjkavik.
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The Hyperlinked Society: Questioning Connections in the Digital Age
Joseph Turow and Lokman Tsui, Editors
This path-breaking collection of essays will be valuable to anyone interested in the now taken-for-granted connections that structure communication, commerce, and civic discourse in the world of digital media.
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Broadcasting, Voice, and Accountability: A Public Interest Approach to Policy, Law, and Regulation
Steve Buckley, Kreszentia Duer, Toby Mendel, and Sean O'Siochru
This book provides development practitioners with a wide overview of the key policy and regulatory issues involved in supporting freedom of information and expression and enabling development of a pluralistic, independent, and robust broadcasting sector.
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Originality, Imitation, and Plagiarism: Teaching Writing in the Digital Age
Caroline Eisner and Martha Vicinus, Editors
Both novice and experienced teachers of writing will learn from the contributors' practical suggestions about how to fashion unique assignments, teach about proper attribution, and increase students' involvement in their own writing.
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Owning the Olympics: Narratives of the New China
Monroe E. Price and Daniel Dayan, Editors
Bringing together a distinguished group of scholars from Chinese studies, human rights, media studies, law, and other fields, Owning the Olympics reveals how multiple entities seek to influence and control the narratives through which the Beijing Games will be understood.
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Fall 2007
The Best of Technology Writing 2007
Steven Levy, Editor
Together the essays in The Best of Technology Writing 2007 capture the versatility and verve of technology writing today. Solicited through an open online nominating process, these pieces explore a wide range of intriguing topics--from "crowdsourcing" to the online habits of urban moms to the digital future of movie production.
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Fall 2006
The Best of Technology Writing 2006
Brendan I. Koerner, Editor
The first annual collection to target this vibrant and versatile area, The Best of Technology Writing 2006 features innovative work from an unusually diverse array of writers: best-selling authors, noted academics, and indie journalists and bloggers.
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