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- Techno-Cultural Media Resources
- 1. History of Computers and Communications
- 2. Library Reference, Books, and Publishing
- 3. Media, Journalism, and Multimedia
- 4. Postmodernism, Interactivity, Cyberculture, and Art
- 5. Technology: Cognition, Computers, and the Internet
- The definitive site for the topics on this page is Alan Liu's Voice of the Shuttle (VoS), Web Page for Humanities Research, particularly the Science, Technology, and Culture section. Therefore, I refer to the appropriate pages on Liu's site for the sections below and provide additional pointers relevant to this class.
- VoS: History of Language Technology, History of Sci-Tech, Museums of Sci-Tech,
- and Museums
- 1. History of Computers and Communications
- A. Computers and the Internet
- B. Media, Telecommunications, Science, and Technology
- A. Computers and the Internet
- Apple Timeline -- 1976-96, from Wozniak and Jobs to the corporation
- "A Brief History of VRML: From Pipe-Dream to Practicality, in the Blink of
- an Eye" -- article by Andrew Leonard in Web Review, Sept. 29, 1995; see also "VR for the People" and "Mark Pesce: Cyberspace Visionary On the Loose"
- Commercial Computing Museum -- with Computer History Web Sites
- Computer Museum -- exhibits and information for all ages
- Computing History Page -- from the Media History Project
- History of Computers and the Internet -- Yahoo's pointers
- Hobbes' Internet Timeline -- separated by decades, with hyperlinks
- "A Hypertext History of Multi-User Dimensions" -- about MUDs,
- by Lauren P. Burka, 1993
- IBM Research Extravaganza -- tour of accomplishments
- Intel Museum -- inside "Intel inside"
- Internet History -- hyperlinked bibliography
- Internet History -- Webcentric timeline from The Internet Group
- Internet's 25th Anniversary -- Sept. 1, 1994, see the Net history pointers
- Netscape Milestones -- it's been less than two years
- Pre-History of Cognitive Science -- bibliography of cognitive models from
- the 17th through 19th centuries; see also Mind and Body, René Descartes to William James
- Smithsonian Computer History -- with an Information Age Tour
- Tech Museum of Innovation -- Silicon Valley institution with online exhibits
- Virtual Museum of Computing -- from Oxford University's Computing Laboratory
- World Wide Web: Origins and Beyond -- where did the Web come from?
- B. Media, Telecommunications, Science, and Technology
- AT&T Timeline of Innovation -- 70 years of AT&T's Bell Labs,
- A Brief History of GE Power Systems -- from General Electric, corporate
- parent of NBC
- Early History of Data Networks -- book by Gerard J. Holzmann on optical
- telegraphy and rely systems (1995)
- Early Motion Pictures -- from the Library of Congress, 1897-1916,
- downloadable gems from the American Memory collections (notice that in some obvious ways early cinema resembles today's downloadable clips)
- Franklin Institute Science Museum -- well-regarded virtual museum with
- a Benjamin Franklin biography and links to information on other inventors and scientific pioneers
- History Buff's Interactive Magazine -- history of publishing and journalism
- History of Broadcasting -- 1920-60, part of the Radio Program Archive
- History of Kodak -- "from glass plates to digital images"
- History of Science -- remembering the contribution of African Americans
- History of Science Society -- social implications of science, technology,
- and medicine through history
- History of Science, Technology, and Medicine -- from the WWW-VL
- History of Technology -- resources and pointers from Cornell Engineering
- Hypermedia Time Line -- a half century of nonlinearity
- International Museum of Photography and Film -- George Eastman House
- Invention of the Telephone -- Alexander Graham Bell's path
- Isis and Osiris -- Cornell journals on the history of science and culture
- Media History Project -- low to high tech, media resources, and much more
- Museum of Television and Radio -- in New York and California
- N.C. Museum of Life and Science -- Durham institution
- Online Type Museum -- history of fonts and typesetting
- Post Office History -- 300 years of USPS message transmission
- Society for the History of Technology -- publishers of the quarterly
- Technology of the Word in the Middle Ages -- medieval hypertext
- Telemuseum -- history of telecommunications in Swedish and English
- Nikola Tesla -- page on the inventor of AC
- 3D Then, 3D Today -- Sony's history provided as part of their
- Across the Sea of Time promotion
- Virtual Museum of Broadcasting -- history of radio
- George Westinghouse -- electrical pioneer's biography
- VoS: General Humanities Resources, Libraries and Museums, Publishers and
- Booksellers
, Reference Resources, and Teaching Resources- 2. Library Reference, Books, and Publishing [top]
- A. Archives and Reference Materials
- B. Books, Bibliographies, and Tools for Writers
- A. Archives and Reference Materials
- Argus Clearinghouse -- "subject-oriented Internet resource guides"
- AskERIC -- meta-virtual library, collaboration between Syracuse University,
- the U.S. Department of Education, and Sun
- Awesome Lists -- attempting to be everything for everyone
- Barbara's News Researcher's Page -- if it isn't here, it hasn't happened yet
- Comprehensive List of Sites -- Web, Web, Web
- Deja News Research Service -- Usenets search engine
- Duke University Libraries -- including:
- Databases at Fuqua
- Divinity School Library
- First Person, Third Person: Slave Voices from the Special Collections
- Papyrus Archive
- Public Documents Hot List
- Women's Studies Resources
- Divinity School Library
- Electronic Journals -- search engine maintained by the WWW-VL
- Internet Public Library -- serving the virtual community
- Library-Related Internet Resources -- provided by Faxon with a Glossary
- Library Resources on the Web -- Duke's pointers
- Lycos -- this points to the more refined, comprehensive Lycos search
- New Horizons in Scholarly Communication -- academic electronic information
- retrieval resources, provided by the Librarians Association of the University of California
- North Carolina State University Libraries -- with topical pointers, such as
- Ranking Library -- Net assessment
- Recondite Reference Desk -- "the ultimate Web access point"
- Reference -- Yahoo's meta-pointers
- Scholarly Electronic Conferences -- directory of e-discussion in many formats
- School of Information and Library Science -- excellent Web work at UNC-CH
- search.com -- access to multiple search engines from c|net
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Libraries -- including
- special collections with Web Pages
- Virtual Reference Desk -- "one-stop reference guide to all things Internet"
- Webcrawler -- good for catching keywords within documents
- Webliography -- "a guide to Internet resources"
- WWW Research Information Locations -- where to find online research
- WWW-Virtual Library -- colossal
- Yahoo -- everyone's favorite search engine
- Yanoff's List -- de rigueur for any Internet resources list
- B. Books, Bibliographies, and Tools for Writers
- Alternative Dictionaries -- "of slang, swear words, and other 'bad language'"
- Bartlett's Familiar Quotations -- currently ends in the mid-19th century
- Books -- Yahoo's pointers
- Bookstore Member Sites -- of the National Association of College Stores
- BookWire -- virtual bookstore with index of Other Resources in publishing
- Electronic Book Technologies -- texts converted to HTML on the fly
- Elements of Style -- digital Strunk and White
- Encyclopaedia Britannica -- online search (Duke Only)
- Future Fantasy Bookstore -- sci fi resource provided by DEC
- Gender-Free Pronoun FAQ -- guidelines for avoiding textual sexism
- Great Writers and Poets -- you've read the books, now see the Web sites
- The Internet and the Future of the Book -- Attention Duke undergraduates:
- opportunity to enter essay contest (deadline is Fri., Feb. 2)
- W.W. Norton and Co. -- great books and authors publishing house,
- see their Anthologies, Architecture and Design and Computer Science titles, and Norton Textra Connect, "a networked writing environment"
- Online Books at CMU -- see also CMU's Banned Books Online
- Project Gutenberg -- "fine literature digitally re-published"
- Publishing -- Yahoo's pointers, including Book Sellers
- Pulitzer Prize Web Site -- with the 1995 award recipients
- William Shakespeare -- complete works
- UNC Press -- scholarly texts, journals, poetry, and more
- Ventana Press -- local Internet book publishers
- Webster's Dictionary in Hypertext -- online search
- WordNet -- online thesaurus
- WordsWorth Books -- comprehensive bookstore physically located in
- Cambridge, Mass., see the list of Publisher Sites
- Writers' Resources on the Web -- from the WWW-VL with More Writers' Links
- VoS: Media, Journals, and Photography Pages
- 3. Media, Journalism, and Multimedia [top]
- A. Communications Studies and Research
- B. Journalism and News
- C. Multimedia, Infotainment, and Content Providers
- A. Communications Studies and Research
- Accuracy in Media -- media watchdog
- Advertising on the Web and Internet -- Yahoo's pointers to academic sites
- American Communication Association -- don't miss the ACA's pointers
- Annenberg School of Communication -- interesting Web projects at USC
- Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication --
- academic journalism establishment
- Broadcast Education Association -- academic broadasters and multimedia
- producers
- Center for Digital Media -- at NYU
- Center for Documentary Studies -- at Duke, with Double Take
- Clock Struck Thirteen -- media, technology, and society
- Communication Manifesto -- poetics of information
- Communications -- Yahoo's pointers
- Computer Mediated Communication -- pointers provided by John December
- CMC Cites and Sites -- provided by the JCMC
- Freedom Forum -- "nonpartisan, international foundation dedicated
- to free press, free speech, and free spirit for all people"
- Guide to Resources in Computer-Mediated Communication -- compiled by
- Sheizah Rafaeli and ProjectH
- Key Words, Concepts, and Theories -- media terms provided by Kristina Ross
- George Lucas Educational Foundation -- Of Star Wars and LucasArts renown,
- Lucas established GLEF to help children learn by encouraging computer and communications technologies in the classroom; see the biannual newsletter, Edutopia
- Media and Communication Studies -- new British site
- Media Futures Program -- interdisciplinary multimedia program at SRI
- Media Literacy -- furthering awareness about and access to media
- NetInSights -- interactive marketing research
- New Media Centers -- new technologies for teaching and learning
- A.C. Nielson -- home of the "Nielson Ratings"
- Poynter Institute -- support for aspiring journalists and media educators
- Project McLuhan -- Marshall McLuhan's work continues
- Project 2000 -- computer-mediated marketing study at Vanderbilt
- School of Journalism and Mass Communication -- JOMC points to
- SCREENsite -- film and television resources for research
- Southern States Communication Association -- academic index
- Visual Literacy Project -- lexicon of nonverbal communication
- Web Publishing Paradigms -- or "shift happens"
- B. Journalism and News
- British Broadcasting System -- the venerable BBC
- Cable News Network -- CNN Interactive, see the Technology Page
- Campus Newspapers on the Internet -- index of school papers
- The Chronicle -- Duke's student paper
- CRAYON -- CReAte Your Own Newspaper
- Critical Mass Media -- radio on the Net
- Digital Campus -- U.S. campus news magazine
- Duke Dialogue -- Duke's weekly
- Electronic Newsstand -- magazines on the Web and gopher
- Electronic Telegraph -- London Telegraph online (free registration required)
- Indy Personals -- look for love through the Independent Weekly's search engine
- Magazines -- Yahoo's pointers
- Media Link -- global print, broadcast, film, and news agencies
- Mercury Center -- from the Silicon Valley's San Jose Mercury News
- Nando.net -- Raleigh's well-regarded news and community service
- National Public Radio -- nonprofit radio network
- News -- Yahoo's meta-pointers
- Online Electronic Magazines, Journals, and Newspapers -- comprehensive
- pointers provided by Kaiser Books and Computers
- Playboy -- the articles are great, right?
- Public Broadcasting System -- nice form for accessing the home pages
- of PBS productions
- San Francisco Examiner -- with The Gate, Silicon Valley news
- Travels with Samantha -- popular online travel photojournalism
- Triangle on the Web -- Triangle area online magazine
- Trib.com -- premier online news service
- United Media -- cartoons, see their Copyright Notice
- University Newspapers -- Yahoo's pointers
- USA Today -- with weekly Net Sites of Note
- Village Voice -- celebrating the Voice's 40th anniversary
- Virtual Voyager -- interactive journalism, with an Elvis Tour
- WebOvision -- comprehensive international media links
- WUNC-FM -- Listen! online
- WXYC-FM -- UNC-CH campus radio station broadcast from the Web;
- see Web Review on WXYC, Dec. 8, 1995
- C. Multimedia, Infotainment, and Content Providers
- A&E -- Arts and Entertainment network provides comprehensive,
-- megamultimedia, including ABC,- up-to-the-day TV Listings and other niceties
- Cable Industry on the Web -- coaxial and satellite transmission sites
- Cablevision -- almost a utility
- CBS -- with the official David Letterman Late Night Show page
- (CBS is now part of Westinghouse)
- Classics World -- classical music, Performers, and Composers
- Computer Animation -- Yahoo's pointers
- Computer Games -- Yahoo's pointers
- Corbis Media -- Bill Gates's digitized masterpiece company
- Discovery Channel -- educational TV
- Disney
- Dolby Laboratories -- with a Digital Film Sound Glossary
- DreamWorks SKG -- Spielberg, Katzenberg, Geffen, and Silicon Graphics
- Eastman Kodak -- see also Yahoo's pointers to other Kodak sites
- Fox Online -- the "other" network's cool site
- Ava Gardner Museum -- in Smithfield, N.C.
- Karaoke Companies -- Yahoo's pointers
- Idea Factory -- from Chiat Day, with Ten Cyberspace Trends
- Max Headroom Squares -- talking head series
- MCA / Universal -- major Hollywood studio with an Institute of Future Technology
- Metaverse -- Adam Curry's music site, with Vibe and TV Tonight
- Mindshare Marketing Group -- an "un-agency"
- Mr. Showbiz -- Hollywood buzz
- Movie Database -- definitive film resource
- Movies and Films -- Yahoo's pointers
- Multimedia -- Yahoo's pointers
- Multimedia Glossary -- provided by Media Vision database
- Music -- Yahoo's pointers
- NBC -- soon to launch an online news service with Microsoft
- Online Ad Agency -- commerials on your monitor
- Pathfinder -- Time Warner's mega-site, including Home Box Office;
- see "Time Warner, Inc. and Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. Agree to Merge, Creating the World's Foremost Media Company," Sept. 22, 1995
- Pixar -- Jobs's new animation company, responsible for Toy Story
- Polaroid -- instant pictures
- QVC -- commercial teevee
- Radio -- Yahoo's pointers
- Silicon Studio -- Silicon Graphics goes to Hollywood:
- see Interactive Digital Solutions, a joint venture between SGI, AT&T, and Time Warner to provide software for cable television, telephone, and private networks (pay for view and video on demand)
- Sites with Audio Clips -- sound archives on the Web
- Television -- Yahoo's pointers
- TVNet -- online television resources
- Ultimate TV List -- stay glued to the tube
- Viacom -- its extensive holdings include: Blockbuster, Comedy Central,
- Macmillan Information SuperLibrary, MTV, Nickelodeon, Paramount, Prentice Hall, Sci-Fi Channel (cool site), Showtime, Simon & Schuster Interactive, Viacom New Media, VHI Music First
- Warner Brothers Records and Studio -- including Cartoons
- World Wide Web of Music -- online pop music resources
- WRAL -- the Triangle's CBS affiliate
- VoS: Laws of Cool, Literary Theory, Minority Studies,
- Science, Technology, and Culture, Technology of Writing,
- and Women's Studies, Gender, and Queer Theory
- 4. Postmodernism, Interactivity, Cyberculture, and Art [top]
- A. Experimentation and Theory
- B. Popular Culture and Cyberpunk
- C. Visual and Performing Arts
- A. Experimentation and Theory
- Jeremy Bentham Online -- observe the Panopticon portrait
- William S. Burroughs -- "InterNetWebZone"
- Critical Inquiry -- leading establishment critical theory journal
- CyberPunk REsearch Labs -- media on the edge
- Deleuze and Guattari -- Rhiz-o-mat
- 1. History of Computers and Communications