Media

Dr. Stonich talks on her research that has focused on the radicalization of local groups around environmental issues and the emergence of grass-roots environmental movements of the poor in Central America.

Jon Cruz is an Associate Professor of Sociology at UC Santa Barbara. His research interests include the sociology of knowledge; American racial history; and media.

In this talk Professor Turk discusses several of the key individuals in the long history of computing and their contributions to logic and computing that paved the way for the "universal machines" of today and tomorrow.

Dorothy Chun professor of Applied Linguistics talks about studies she has conducted on cognitive processes in learning with multimedia CD-ROMs and websites for second language acquisition.

Professor Legrady's presentation focuses on digital media art exhibitions that use computer technology as a means of recording the audience's presence and movement within the gallery space.

Professor Freeman discusses several of the local (historical, regulatory and technological) factors shaping Internet development in Japan, and evaluates their potential impact on Japanese democracy, especially their role in the creation of an active, literate and participatory information and civil society.

Sarah Pritchard was the University Librarian at UC Santa Barbara. She is currently the Charles Deering McCormick University Librarian at Northwestern University in Illinois. Sarah discusses common concerns about the disappearing library in the digital world and the influences emerging technologies have on University libraries.

Anna Everett is a Professor and Chair of the Film and Media Studies department at UC Santa Barbara. She works in the fields of film and TV history/theory, African-American film and culture, and Digital Media Technologies.

Professor Stohl's talk explores how in today's complex and volatile global environment members of different organizations (often competitors) are working together, for a limited time, to collaborate on solving technical and social problems and creating products that they would be unable to do themselves in an effective and efficient manner.

Robert Samuels is a professor in the Writing Program at UC Santa Barbara. His talk is titled Viral Culture After Baudrillard: AIDS, Computer Viruses, Cloning, and Bio-terrorism.