Transgression 2.0 Media, Culture, and the Politics of a Digital Age

One doesn't need to look far to find examples of contemporary locations of cultural opposition. Digital piracy, audio mashups, The Onion and Wikipedia are all examples of transgression in our current mediascape. And as digital age transgression becomes increasingly essential, it also becomes more difficult to define and protect. The contributions in this collection are organized into six sections that address the use of new technologies to alter existing cultural messages, the incorporation of technology and alternative media in transformation of everyday cultural practices and institutions, and the reuse and repurposing of technology to focus active political engagement and innovative social change.

David J. Gunkel is Presidential Teaching Professor in the Department of Communication at Northern Illinois University. He is also the managing editor of the International Journal of Zizek Studies. Ted Gournelos is an Assistant Professor of Critical Media and Cultural Studies at Rollins College, FL. He has co-edited three special issues of The Electronic Journal of Communication, one of the first peer reviewed, electronically distributed scholarly journals.