technology directions revolution experiences

books:

Blogging America: The New Public Sphere (New Directions in Media)
Aaron Barlow

Praeger Publishers, 2007

As blogs have evolved over the last few years, they have begun to take on distinct characteristics depending on audience and purpose. Though political blogs remain the most high profile (and most read), other types of blogs are gaining in strength and visibility. This book--a follow-up volume to Barlow's Rise of the Blogosphere, which examined the historical context for the modern blog--provides an examination of the many current aspects of the ...

The DVD Revolution: Movies, Culture, and Technology

1 review
Aaron Barlow

Praeger Publishers, 2004

a must for every movie buff
A very cool book about how technology is changing the way we see movies, make movies, and think about movies. DVDs give us the capability to see a lot of movies---all kinds of movies----again and again. They provide a way to challenge the one-size-fits-all attitude of corporate America (in this case, corporate America is Hollywood.) You could almost say the advent of the DVD is a little bit ...

For My Foot Being Off
Aaron Barlow

Lulu.com, 2005

A Narrative in Documents and Letters Relating to the WWI Experiences of Infantry Lieutenant Alfred Barlow

For My Foot Being Off: A Narrative in Documents and Letters Relating to the Wwi Experiences of Infantry ...
Aaron Barlow

Writers Club Press, 2000

Perceptions of the First World War usually come through words written long after the conflict ended. We see the war through time?s broader pictures. Rarely do we see the war as it was presented to those involved. Though we can place the war within historical perspectives, most of what we find does little to aid the seeker of an approximation of the direct experience of that war. Fiction can, but only subjectively and at its own deliberate ...

How Much Does Chaos Scare You?: Politics, Religion, and Philosophy in the Fiction of Philip K. Dick
Aaron Barlow

Lulu.com, 2005

A series of essays on the writing and ideas of Philip K. Dick presented in eight chapters. This in-depth look at the philosophies behind Dick's SF and mainstream novels is based on Barlow's 1988 doctoral dissertation at the University of Iowa.

The Rise of the Blogosphere

1 review
Aaron Barlow

Praeger Publishers, 2007

A surprising probe of cultural forms of expression highly recommended
In 1985 The Well, a dial-up discussion board, instigated what was to become the first 'blog': since then much has changed in cyberspace, but this survey of the history and changes of The Well is also a survey of the progress and evolution of American journalism and the rise of the popular written word, and offers college-level students of either journalism or social issues an important cultural ...