Book Listings: Media Studies

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  $39.95

  Euphoria & Dystopia

  This publication is a compendium of some of the most visionary thinking about art and technology to have taken place in the last few decades. This book will begin shipping in late February. 
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  $18.95

  My Mother is an Alien

  How do we connect to film on a personal level? Written by critically-acclaimed Alberta author George Melnyk, My Mother is an Alien brings autobiographical responses to film, daringly exposing the author’s personal insights, beliefs, and sensitivities. An introduction and ten essays explore Canadian and international film. Essays delve into such films as Leolo, Last Night, Clearcut, and, as the title implies, Alien.
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  $29.95

  Before and After the I-Bomb

  There was a time, not too long ago, when people wrote letters (and mailed them), picked up the phone and spoke to people (not voice mail systems), and considered whether to invest in expensive new "fax" technology as a means of speeding up communication. Children went outside to play games that didn't require a console and screen, schools bought books, and computers filled entire floors of some offices. In less than twenty years, our homes, schools, cars, workplaces, and leisure activities have been revolutionized by the onslaught of technology.
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  $26.95

  Digitopia Blues

  A lyrical analysis of the intersections between poetic speech and music, intertwined with the history of black/white relations in America.