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ISSN 2043-7633

Issue 15

The Rhetoric of the ‘New’: Post-Digital in Cultural Post-Contexts

Editorial – Issue 15

Editorial – Issue 15

The new issue of the journal consists of two parts. The first includes research essays that had been received through our regular submission system. The second is a cluster on …
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Car With a Movie Camera: Theorizing Dashcams, Cameraman Surrogates, and the Cameraman Caught Unaware

Car With a Movie Camera: Theorizing Dashcams, Cameraman Surrogates, and the Cameraman Caught Unaware

Dashcams are responsible for capturing some of the most bizarre content that goes viral on the internet. Through the dashcam apparatus, motorists capture unexpected incidents both relating to and …
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Zombies, Russians, Plague: Eastern Europe as a Sandbox for Utopia

Zombies, Russians, Plague: Eastern Europe as a Sandbox for Utopia

The paper examines the peculiar role of the East European landscape in several contemporary video games, arguing that it signifies desolation and openness to violence, while linking both with …
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New Media, New Habits:  Socialist Television and the Struggle  for ‘Harmonious Consumption’  in 1960s Bulgaria

New Media, New Habits: Socialist Television and the Struggle for ‘Harmonious Consumption’ in 1960s Bulgaria

It is widely accepted in popular and scholarly discourse that Eastern European socialist media were mere tools of control and state propaganda. This article proposes a new approach that …
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Geography of the 
Early Internet in Bulgaria: 
Territorial and Social Configurations

Geography of the 
Early Internet in Bulgaria: 
Territorial and Social Configurations

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The article studies the correlation between real and virtual geography in the context of the early Bulgarian internet (the period up to 2003). The author examines the geographical distribution …
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The White Piano,  Or the Dilemma of Creative 
versus Contestatory (е-)Citizenship

The White Piano, Or the Dilemma of Creative 
versus Contestatory (е-)Citizenship

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The essay discusses the question of ethical/political versus creative/aesthetical aspects of contemporary, social media based protest. It takes as a case study the Bulgarian #Resign movement of the year …
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