Hi all, This week’s In Media Res line-up: (http://mediacommons.futureofthebook.org): Monday, October 1, 2007 – Tim Anderson (Denison University) presents: “In The Cloud and Out of Synch: The Question of Asynchronous Media and Media Studies”. Tuesday, October 2, 2007 – Cynthia Fuchs (George Mason University) presents: ““Against all enemies”: Lt. Ehren Watada, War and Resistance” Wednesday, October 3, 2007 – Kyle Barnett (Bellarmine University) presents: “Machine Memories: Recorded Sound and Memory” Thursday, October 4, 2007 – Craig O. Stewart (Old Dominion University) presents: ““I don’t think anyone has an obligation to do anything”: The pop politics of coming out,” Friday, October 5, 2007 – Jason Jacobs (Griffith University) presents: “TBA” Please check out these wonderful contributions and offer your thoughts via a comment. http://mediacommons.futureofthebook.org ABOUT IN MMEDIA RES In Media Res is envisioned as an experiment in just one sort of collaborative, multi-modal scholarship that MediaCommons will aim to foster. Its primary goal is to provide a forum for more immediate critical engagement with media in a manner closer to how we typically experience mediated texts. Each day, a different media scholar will present a 30-second to 3-minute clip accompanied by a 100-150-word impressionistic response. The goal is to promote an online dialogue amongst media scholars and the public about contemporary media scholarship through clips chosen for either their typicality or a-typicality in demonstrating narrative strategies, genre formulations, aesthetic choices, representational practices, institutional approaches, fan engagements, etc. Best, Avi Santo ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Avi Santo, Ph.D. Assistant Professor 3014 Batten Arts & Letters (BAL) Department of Communication and Theatre Arts Old Dominion University Norfolk, Virginia 23529 (757) 683-6971 [log in to unmask] Co-Coordinating Editor: MediaCommons: A Digital Scholarly Network http://mediacommons.futureofthebook.org Co-Creator: Flow: Television and Media Culture http://www.flowtv.org _________________________________________________________________ Invite your mail contacts to join your friends list with Windows Live Spaces. It's easy! http://spaces.live.com/spacesapi.aspx?wx_action=create&wx_url=/friends.aspx&mkt=en-us ---- Learn to speak like a film/TV professor! Listen to the ScreenLex podcast: http://www.screenlex.org