Computer-Mediated Anthropology

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CMA-Related Journals

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Journal of Online Behaviour - "Dedicated to the empirical study of human behavior online."

The Journal of Technology Studies - "The scope of interests in articles and in authors is as broad as the world of technology"

Journal of Virtual Environments - "The Journal of Virtual Environments is a refereed electronic journal which publishes research that relates to Virtual Environments or makes use of Virtual Environments. Of particular interest are anthropological, psychological, and sociological approaches, as are the practical and technical aspects of creating, maintaining and administrating VEs. Both empirical and theoretical works are welcome. The Journal also publishes "Comments" (shorter pieces which propose new directions for research on Virtual Environments) and book reviews. "

New Media & Society - "New Media & Society is an international journal that strives to stimulate examination of the social dynamics of media and information change. New Media & Society encourages critical discussion of the key issues arising from the scale and speed of new media developments, drawing on a wide range of disciplinary perspectives and on both theoretical and empirical research. "

NMEDIAC, Journal of New Media and Culture - "NMEDIAC has adopted the mission of publishing peer-reviewed papers and audiovisual pieces which contextualize encoding/decoding environments and the discourses, ideologies, and human experiences/uses of new media apparatuses. NMEDIAC seeks to provide an intellectual canvas where the cultural spaces and experiences of new media are theorized and rigorously explored within both global and local contingencies of the present and past. In particular, we will publish articles that attempt inter- and intra-disciplinary research of new media texts and technologies. Works that incorporate either or both humanities and social science approaches to scholarship are welcome. "

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Presence - "The first journal for serious investigators of teleoperators and virtual environments, incorporating perspectives from physics to philosophy. "

Scandinavian Journal of Information Systems - "The Scandinavian Journal of Information Systems is the journal of the IRIS Association. The roots of the journal can be found in the tradition of annual IRIS conference. The first issue was published in 1989. The IRIS (Information Systems Research in Scandinavia) Association is a non-profit organization aiming to promote research and research education in the use, development and management of information systems in Scandinavia, and making that research known in the international research community and among practitioners. The IRIS Association is the Scandinavian chapter of the Association of Information Systems. "

Science, Technology, and Human Values - "contains research and commentary on the development and dynamics of science and technology, including their involvement in politics, society and culture. "

Social Science Computer Review - "The Social Science Computer Review is an interdisciplinary journal covering both social science instructional and research applications of computing as well as social science research on societal impacts of information technology. Among topics within the scope of the journal are artificial intelligence, computational social science theory, computer-assisted survey research, computer-based qualitative analysis, computer simulation, economic modeling, geographic information systems, instructional multimedia, instrumentation and research tools, social impacts of computing and telecommunications, software evaluation, and world-wide web resources for social scientists. "

SPEED - "_SPEED_ provides a forum for the critical investigation of technology, media, and society. Our intention is to contribute toward a democratic discourse of technology and media, one that is always focused upon the material conditions of life that technologies and media constitute and demand, and yet does not lose sight of the power of ideas to change those conditions. We feel that as media of various kinds become more ubiquitous, what it means to live with and talk about a "medium" changes and expands, and so do the critical vocabularies of interpreting what those transformations indicate. Our primary goal in that effort is to foster a cross-fertilization of ideas between communities of people in the "academy" and "industry" too often separated, not by interest or common concern, but by artificially imposed disciplinary and organizational boundaries. We think that _SPEED_ is a promising step toward making these institutional boundaries more permeable, and a critical politics of "mediated sociality" more powerful."

Student Affairs On-line - "an e-magazine devoted to emerging issues in student affairs and technology"

Surfaces - "En termes généraux, l'orientation intellectuelle de Surfaces se focalise sur les modalités du savoir, qui subissent une transformation massive à la suite de la mondialisation croissante de la culture. De nature transdisciplinaire, la revue sert de forum à des penseurs ou à des spécialistes venant de champs divers et de perspectives différentes pour interroger et analyser le savoir contemporain. À partir de cette réflexion, la revue vise à examiner les enjeux du savoir, ses concepts, ses institutions, les medias qui le diffusent et le reproduisent et ses relations avec le pouvoir, la culture et les collectivités émergentes."

Techné: Research in Philosophy and Technology - "Though papers are thus, as with other journals, rigorously refereed, there may be one aspect of the Society's publications that differs from at least some professional journals. SPT has no party line or narrow focus; papers, from the beginning, have been welcomed from any and all philosophical perspectives; the only unifying factor is a focus on technology, particular technologies, modern or traditional, or social problems associated with technology in any era--though most of our authors concentrate on the modern world. Some papers criticize our contemporary technological culture in global terms; others critique particular technologies; but just as many analyze technological phenomena with no a priori critical or negative bias. All that the editorial board insists upon is rigorous philosophical analysis, from whatever philosophical perspective the author chooses. In addition, contributions are welcome from authors who are not identified as academic philosophers--from social scientists, engineers, managers of scientific or technological organizations or institutions, for example--as long as their work meets the standards of some philosophical perspective."

TEXTOS de la CiberSociedad - "El Observatorio para la CiberSociedad es un espacio para la reflexión, la documentación, el análisis y la discusión del ciberespacio y lo cibersocial desde las perspectivas de las ciencias humanas y sociales"

Technology and Culture - "Technology and Culture is the preeminent journal for the history of technology. Drawing on scholarship in diverse disciplines, Technology and Culture publishes insightful pieces intended for general readers as well as specialists. Readers include engineers, anthropologists, sociologists, museum curators, archivists, historians, and others. In addition to scholarly essays, each issue features 30- 40 book reviews and reviews of new museum exhibitions. To illuminate important debates and draw attention to specific topics, the journal occasionally publishes thematic issues. Recent special issues have focused on biomedical technology, patents and inventions, ecology, engineering in the twentieth century, and gender and technology. "

Technology Review - "Since 1899, Technology Review has been MIT's magazine of innovation. Our mission statement "to promote the understanding of emerging technologies and their impact on business and society" defines the unique value that Technology Review's delivers making it a vital resource for business decision makers in emerging growth and global 2000 companies. Technology Review is at the center of the conversation on emerging technologies. No matter where the conversation takes place. With international editions recently launched in China, Italy, Germany and The Netherlands, the exposure of Technology Review magazine, combined with the our signature events, newsletters, and online businesses, reaches over two million business leaders throughout the world each month. "

Technoscience - "The newsletter of the 4S is published three times each year. It contains the Preliminary Program for the annual meeting. "

Wired Magazine -