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
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
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
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
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 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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