Vol. 12, No. 1
November 1999
Editorial: Seduced by a "First'
Nina Wormbs wins Robinson Prize
Information Networks and Urban Spaces
Book Review:
Science in Public
Lemelson Center Fellows Program
News of the Field:
Printing History on the Web
What can "Old Technologies" Teach us about Digital Culture?
Recent and Upcoming Conferences
EXTRA!
Telephone Collectors International
SHOT Session Query: Mechanical to Electrical
The Eastern Communication Association, a regional affiliate of the National Communication Association that covers the northeast U.S., will meet April 27-30, 2000, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Sessions will include analyses of communication theorists, such as McLuhan, Mumford, James Carey, and Neil Postman.
•150th Anniversary of the Discovery of the Electrical Transmission of the Human Voice by Antonio Meucci - 1849-1999” was celebrated as part of “The Week of the Italian Culture” in Havana, Cuba, on 19-25 November 1999. A continuing online exhibition associated with this event, extensively and beautifully illustrated, can be found at <http://www.esanet.it/chez_basilio/havana1.htm>