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Once upon a time, here are some technological expectations in early 1990s…
TweetShare via emailFrom The New Media Theory Reader, 39-40 A basic development in the very near future is the merger of computers and telecommunications (Bradley et al., 1993; Scientific American... Read more
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More new novels from Erkan’s favorite authors…
TweetShare via email view book The Corn Maiden and Other Nightmares by Joyce Carol Oates Release Date: November 1 “The Corn Maiden” is the gut-wrenching story of Marissa, a beautiful and... Read more
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Erkan’ın da katkısının bulunduğu taptaze: “Katılımın E-hali:Gençliğin Sanal Hali”
TweetShare via emailValla ne yazdığımı bile unuttum, kitabın çıkması biraz zaman aldı ama sonunda elimizde… Dostum Aslı Telli Aydemir’in eline aklına sağlık, o olmasa ne benim yazım girerdi bu derlemeye... Read more
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Mark Hansen’s “New philosophy for new media”
TweetShare via email Mark Hansen’s New philosophy for new media is one of the enlightening books I have recently read on new media. I am not too knowledgeable on digital... Read more
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Mette Hjort, Scott MacKenzie’s edited volume: “Cinema and Nation”
TweetShare via emailOne of the free readings books I am on. I am not working on these issues right now but i like to read about them. So this fits... Read more
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Suggested reading: Cihan Tuğal’s Passive Revolution
TweetShare via emailI have recently finished reading Cihan Tugal’s Passive Revolution: Absorbing the Islamic Challenge to Capitalism. I have met Cihan when he was doing his fieldwork for the research... Read more
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Two books for the history of internet
TweetShare via email One is a “proper” one with a very nice language: A History of the Internet and the Digital Future by Johnny Ryan. Especially the early histories parts... Read more
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The Finkler Question by Howard Jacobson
TweetShare via email I have recently finished reading The Finkler Question. A stream of consciousness that focuses on being a Jew in contemporary UK. I was not particularly interested in... Read more
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Yochai Benkler: The Wealth of Networks: How Social Production Transforms Markets and Freedom
TweetShare via email The Wealth of Networks: How Social Production Transforms Markets and Freedom Yochai Benkler This book has become another key work in my cyberculture readings. Prof. Benkler provides... Read more
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China Miéville’s The City & The City
TweetShare via email photo via Recently I have been struggling with very long novels with no rapid narratives or any narratives at all. China Miéville’s The City & The City... Read more
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Erkan has his first book published!
TweetShare via email Blaming Others This is basically my master thesis. I had finished this just before i flew to Houston to start my PhD. In a more traditional sense... Read more
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Erkan recommends three books, Coetzee’s Summertime and two more..
TweetShare via email I would like to mention three books I have recently read and liked. J.M. Coetzee is no new to me and I am his fan since I... Read more
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Salinger in Turkish
TweetShare via emailMavi Boncuk has a piece on JD Salinger’s works that are translated to Turkish… Rest in Peace dear Salinger…. J.D. Salinger in Turkish from Mavi Boncuk by M.A.M... Read more
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Erkan’s novel reading spree
TweetShare via emailI am about to finish reading Murat Menteş’ last novel. This is the last of a series of quality novels I have been reading. He has earned quite... Read more
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T. Boellstorff: Coming of Age in Second Life
TweetShare via email I recently finished reading Tom Boellstorff’s Coming of Age in Second Life: An Anthropologist Explores the Virtually Human. As an anthropologist Prof. Boellstroff added another site to... Read more
