Screen-L'ers: Here's a copy of the call for _The Velvet Light Trap_'s upcoming issue on Technology and Representation. As you can see from the call, we're interested in a wide variety of different technology-related topics. If you have any questions, feel free to contact me directly at [log in to unmask] Thanks, Greg M. Smith University of Wisconsin-Madison CALL FOR PAPERS THE VELVET LIGHT TRAP A Publication of The University of Texas Press TECHNOLOGY AND REPRESENTATION Recent attention to technological developments has sparked critical discussion about the role of technology in representational media. New technologies are placed among pre-existing economic, social, and cultural relationships facilitating, resisting, or shaping their implementation. This call solicits submissions that assess the ways in which technological developments have influenced the production and reception of film/television texts. Suggested topics include: - The use of technology in reception (remote control, VCR, Dolby stereo, THX, home theaters, interactivity, 3-D, architecture of viewing space) - The use of technology in style (computer imaging, video special effects, computer animation, color, digital sound) - The representation of technology (the body and technology, the representation of film and television technologies in media, technology as spectacle) - Technology and everyday life (amateur film or video recording, surveillance) - Historical studies of the development of film or television technologies - The political economy of technological innovation. Please send three (3) copies of your submission (with endnotes in MLA format) by September 30, 1994 to: _The Velvet Light Trap_ Department of Communication Arts University of Wisconsin Vilas Hall 821 University Ave. Madison, WI 53706