This is a journal which describes itself as "...an international, electronic review of books on theory, technology and culture.Sponsored by the Canadian Journal of Political and Social Theory, reviews are posted periodically of key books in contemporary discourse as well as theorisations of major "event-scenes" in the mediascape." Divided into articles, event-scenes and reviews, this journal would be powerful in whatever medium it was published. A brief list of some of the authors should be sufficient to define the caliber of the offerings: Jean Baudrillard, Paul Virilio, Arthur Kroker, Mark Amerika. This is clearly the work of an elite group, but an interesting one.
This is a place where ideas are discussed in an able, entertaining and elegant way, though one must cultivate a taste for postmodern metaphors and imagery. The articles here are predominantly cultural criticism and the fact that these writers have chosen the Internet and partcularly the Web as their medium of choice illustrates the theory they write of in a very direct way.
In addition to articles, we are also treated to "Event-Scenes", semi-journalistic musings on recent events. A sample from the article on the Internet titled "The Hyper-Texted Body, Or Nietzsche Gets A Modem": "The old body type was always OK, but the wired body with its micro-flesh, multi-media channeled ports, cybernetic fingers, and bubbling neuro-brain finely interfaced to the "standard operating system" of the Internet is infinitely better."
The "Reviews" section critiques the work of prominant "theorists" in thoughtful and lengthy, but usually traditional, essays.
A journal that adheres to high standards of scholarly integrity and with material of interest to anyone who cares about culture at the end of the twentieth century, this site is highly recommended.