Young, Sherman
Sherman Young is associate professor in the Department of Media, Music and Cultural Studies at Macquarie University, where he lectures in new media theory and practice. He research interests include the social and cultural impact of new media technologies. Sherman is the author of The Book is Dead, Long Live the Book (UNSW Press, 2007)
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FeaturePostmodernity, as is its wont, conjures up new ways of thinking about everything, and it is no different with ideas about space. One such analysis is the idea of 'heterotopias'. Published in the French journal Architecture-Mouvement-Continuité under the title 'Des Espaces Autres', and subsequently published in English as 'Of Other Spaces' in 1986 was an essay...Read more
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Articles"So which is the most authentic experience for an end-user steeped in car culture? Real, made-in-Japan Type R? Or virtual, programmed-in-Japan Type-R. Each Type-R is equally enjoyable, equally wieldy, equally consistent -- and precisely fulfils the sporting intent of...Read more
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FeatureThe move from analog distribution to online digital delivery is common in the contemporary mediascape. Music is in the midst of an ipod driven paradigm shift (Levy), television and movie delivery is being reconfigured (Johnson), and newspaper and magazines are confronting the reality of the world wide web and what it means for business models and ideas of...Read more
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