Film scholars teaching new media courses will be interested in The Digital Dialectic: New Essays on New Media (MIT Press, 1999) <http://mitpress.mit.edu/book-home.tcl?isbn=0262122138>, an interdisciplinary jam session about our visual and intellectual cultures as the computer recodes technologies, media, and art forms. Edited by by Peter Lunenfeld, the collection contains contributions from Florian Brody, Carol Gigliotti, N. Katherine Hayles, Michael Heim, Erkki Huhtamo, George P. Landow, Brenda Laurel, Peter Lunenfeld, Lev Manovich, William J. Mitchell, and Bob Stein. Unlike purely academic texts on new media, the book includes contributions by scholars, artists, and entrepreneurs, who combine theoretical investigations with hands-on analysis of the possibilities (and limitations) of new technology. USC's Mark Pesce says of the book that it gives "at once a clear assessment of our current situation and astute predictions of what is to come," and the University of Chicago's Barbara Maria Stafford calls it "a screen-grab of thoughtful delights." ---- To sign off Screen-L, e-mail [log in to unmask] and put SIGNOFF Screen-L in the message. Problems? Contact [log in to unmask]