Dear Sarah, About anime and techno-devices, Thomas Lamarre's *The Anime Machine *is one of the best to read. The book is theoretically rich, though may be a little challenging for undergrad students. Hope you enjoy it. Best. Jinying On Thu, Nov 21, 2013 at 1:14 PM, [log in to unmask] < [log in to unmask]> wrote: > Dear all, > > I am teaching a course next semester on "Bad Devices": that is, > contemporary media/technology in films and television wherein the > camera/video, television, radio, telephone/mobile phone, Internet, GPS, > gaming etc. become devices of tragedy, mishap, power-play, evil, even > supernatural force that mess us up: Face in the Crowd, Quiz Show, Truman > Show, Mothman Prophecies, Blair Witch Project, Ring/Ringu, Shadow of the > Vampire, the holodeck in Star Trek, Matrix, eXistenZ, possibly BBC Sherlock > (Scandal in Belgravia). I would greatly appreciate any advice on this > topic-- there are so many possibilities in Anime and Manga, for instance, > in films about "haunted technology" (a website devoted to it), but I would > like some guidance on focusing it and on the most relevant criticism to > give to my students. > > Thanks, > Sarah Higley > > ---- > Online resources for film/TV studies may be found at ScreenSite > http://www.ScreenSite.org > -- Jinying Li Assistant Professor Oregon State University Email: [log in to unmask] [log in to unmask] Tel: 646-820-0626 *Hydrogen is a light, odorless gas, which, given enough time, turns into people.* ---- Screen-L is sponsored by the Telecommunication & Film Dept., the University of Alabama: http://www.tcf.ua.edu