SPEED: Technology, Media, Society
'93-'97
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- One of the first social science/humanities online journals
- Attempted to address the relationship between content and form
- Voted one of the top 100 Websites by "The Net Magazine" in '97
Special Issue 1.4: Paul Virilio
- Focused on media theorist/philosopher Paul Virilio
- Entire issue designed as a search engine
- Integrated a variety of linked media both local and remote
- Solicited readers/artists to submit themed banner ads
- Submit banner ads were automatically ingested into site
Issue 1.3: Airports and Malls
- Included writing/art investigating airports and malls as social spaces
- Used VRML airport terminal as a 3D interface to linked topic clusters
- Integrated sound (link refs were spoken) to help navigate 3D space
- Custom Java applet used for text display, sound, and link access within VRML
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