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November 7, 2006
Making MediaCommons Launched
A few months ago, I mentioned the very exciting new digital publishing initiative, MediaCommons. Like Kathleen, I am enthusiastic about the possibilities for and implications of electronic scholarly publishing, and MediaCommons should offer a valuable new venue for media studies scholarship (and, yes, I'm hoping/planning to participate in this project). The project is still in the planning stage, but I'd like to mention that The Institute for the Future of the Book has launched Making MediaCommons, a planning site where this new project will begin to develop.
Some of the current features include a blog where the site's organizers are working to imagine just what an electronic publishing network can do, as well as a series of short videos, "In Media Res," with different media scholars offering impressionistic responses to short video clips, including Jeffrey P. Jones' insightful reading of Keith Olbermann's recent "Special Comment" segment on his MSNBC show. There's also a call for "papers" that explore media history, theory or culture, using technologies made available through the digital network.
While Making MediaCommons has only recently launched, I think it can be a valuable resource for media studies scholarship. In this sense, Kathleen's recent post calling for participation in the site sounds about right to me. As more people become actively involved in MediaCommons, I think it can become a valuable community and resource for media studies, so please do check out the site, leave some comments in the blog, and offer suggestions about how the site can contribute to the field of media studies.
Posted by chuck at November 7, 2006 12:27 PM
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