Research Articles and Essays
The Matthew Effect, the Digital Divide and the American Dream
By Jonna Lian Pearson
Monologue, dialogue, polylogue: Online comments, focus group language, and the problem of identity-free communication
By Robert Moses Peaslee
Miniaturization, Miniatures and the Digital
By Sheenagh Pietrobruno
Does Location Matter? A Comparative Study on Mobile Phone Use Among Young People in Finland
By Sakari Taipale
Context and Culture of Knowledge Visualization: Notes on iV08, the 12th International Conference Information Visualization
By Anna Ursyn and Ebad Banissi
Performing Art History’s Problems with New Media: “Capitalist Realism,” the Northern Renaissance, and Gerhard Richter
By Catherine Wilkins
New Media Art
Video Sculptures and Seeing Through Screens
By Joseph Farbrook
Scantly a generation ago, moving image screens were restricted to television and cinema and the content was nearly exclusively generated by corporations and conglomerates that dictated the form and aesthetic of what should and should not be seen by the masses. The content was restricted almost entirely to news and entertainment and limited in scope to what could be sold as a commodity.