Culture and Technology in the New Europe: Civic Discourse in Transformation in Post-Communist Nations

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Culture and Technology in the New Europe presents the insights of an international group of academic researchers and media practitioners who examine the impact of technology on East Central Europe, South-Eastern Europe, the Newly Independent States and the Russian Federation. Drawing from the expertise of authors from and working in the region, the book addresses concerns that the New Europe faces at the eve of the Third Millennium and a decade after the fall of communist rule. Such concerns include access to information and communication technology and the culturally-specific discourses articulated through media and technology. While the book focuses on information and communication reforms, and the development of a participatory democracy are examined. The book is distinguished by diverse studies ranging from the problems of Cyber Hate from and about the New Europe, to online activism in war-torn Kosovo, Bosnia, Croatia and Yugoslavia, to how digital media art articulates new cultural and creative freedoms once silenced by the Soviet regime. Finally, the book looks to the future of media, technology and communication in the New Europe, particularly the gaps between post-socialist nations and those more technologically advantaged, and how these gaps can be narrowed or eradicated in the Third Millennium.

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"Provides an insightful collection of research which foregrounds the importance of technology in this diverse, ever-transforming region."-Sonia Rouve King College University of London
"This is precisely the book we have been waiting for. A clear articulation of the challenges and success we have experienced."-Natalya Sharova and Vladmir Titov Voronezh State University Voronezh, Russia
"What is the impact of technology on the cultures of post-communist nations This book addresses this important question with a wide range of theoretical and critical perspectives. An excellent volume."-Stanislav Sinor Faculty of Technology Charles University, Prague

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LAURA LENGEL is Associate Professor in communications at Richmond American International University in London. Her publications, which have appeared in Journal of Communication Inquiry and Convergence, The Journal of Research into New Media Technologies, address technology, gender studies, and critical ethnographic field research.