The contributors to Captivating Technology examine how carceral technologies such as
electronic ankle monitors and predictive-policing algorithms are being deployed to classify …

How have animation fans in Japan, South Korea, the United States, and Canada formed
communities and dealt with conflicts across cultural and geographic distance? This book …

Man braucht wirklich nicht viel darüber zu reden, es ist den meisten Menschen heute
ohnehin klar, daß die Mathematik wie ein Dämon in alle Anwendungen unseres Lebens …

Is the intended race of anime characters distinguishable because of their facial features or
are they toointernational'to tell? This study addressed this question empirically by comparing …

Real| Unreal examines the emerging phenomenon of documentary videogames—
specifically, how gamemakers can craft a stronger understanding of actuality in these works …

This article examines and compares a couple of moments of fleeting strangeness
punctuating the history of the cultural reception of moving image technologies. Maxim Gorky …

While an actor's performance in a stage play may be seen as a continuous and unmediated
form of acting, an actor's performance in a film is constructed through shot framing, editing …

This dissertation examines the role that animation plays in the formation of transcultural fan
communities. A “transcultural fan community” is defined as a group in which members from …

CGI has led to a theoretical revolution in media studies. What is cinema when reality can be
created on a computer? What is animation when superflat 2D aesthetics are becoming …

Primitivism gathers together several hegemonic lines of thinking about otherness as a
function of underdevelopment vis-à-vis the Western, white male subject. This article presents …