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Milioni – Probing the Online Counterpublic Sphere

Posted by justin on March 2, 2010 · Leave a Comment

Milioni, Dimitra. “Probing the Online Counterpublic Sphere: The Case of Indymedia Athens.” Media Culture Society 32 3 (2009). Print. Arguing against Habermas’ depiction of the online public sphere as a site of ever-increasing fragmentation and segmentation (2006), but with Habermas’ normative ideal of the public sphere in The Structural Transformation, Milioni claims that the communalization of networked digital spaces actually does... Read More

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Best and Krueger – Online Interactions and Social Capital: Distinguishing between New and Existing Ties

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Best, Samuel and Brian Krueger. “Online Interactions and Social Capital: Distinguishing between New and Existing Ties.” Social Science Computer Review 24 (2006): 395-410. Print. This is an empirical study conducted by sociologists Samuel J. Best and Brian S. Krueger that measures the degree of online only interactions a group of people have with other people. To do this, the authors use s probability survey of U.S. residents. According... Read More

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New Music – 10/13/2011

Of Monsters and Men – My Head is an Animal : Such amazingly wonderful, sweet, poppy goodness from this Reykjavik-based 6 piece. I especially appreciate the omnipresent accordion and loud shout-outs that occur throughout the album. I do wish the vocals were a bit more difficult to get at . . . but I suppose [...]

New Music – 9/14/2011

The Hylozoists – L’Île de Sept Villes: This 2009 effort from Toronto based instrumental collective is based on Paul Chaisson’s book The Island Of Seven Cities. After much archaeological research trouncing about in the wayfarlands of Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Chaisson argues that a Chinese presence existed in North America long before the arrival of European [...]

New Music – 8/24/2011

The Dead Trees – Whatwave : A lot of pretty nice songs for late Summer on this release. The West Coast by way of Boston quartet is signed to the German Affairs of the Heart label (who also publishes the work of one of my faves Nik Freitas). So many good LA-based bands working for [...]