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NOTES ON CONTRIBUTORS

David C. Chaney is Professor of Sociology at the University of Durham,
England. His academic specialty is the sociology of contemporary cultural
history. He has published extensively, combining studies on institutions such
as the shopping center and public festivals with more theoretical concerns
regarding the discourses of culture. His latest books include The Cultural Turn
and Lifestyles. He is currently working on a book on cultural change and
everyday life for Macmillan.
Jorge A. González is Director of the Culture Program, University of Colima,
Mexico. He is editor of the journal Estudios Sobre las Culturas Contemporaneas
(Studies of Contemporary Cultures), and is a member of Mexico’s Complex
Communication Network. He is also a member of the Executive Commit-
tee of the International Sociological Association. His most recent book is La
cofradia de las emociones (in)terminables (The Brotherhood of Unending Emotions).
His research interests are cognition, technology, and culture, and the further
development of a network of communication researchers across Mexico and
Latin America.
Ulf Hannerz is Professor of Social Anthropology, Stockholm University,
Sweden. He has taught at several American, European, and Australian
universities. He is a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences and
the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and is former Chair of the
European Association of Social Anthropologists. His research has been espe-
cially in urban anthropology, media anthropology, and transnational cultural
processes. Most recently, he has been engaged in a study of the work of news
media foreign correspondents, including field research in four continents.
Among his books are Soulside, Exploring the City, Cultural Complexity,
and Transnational Connections. He is also Anthropology editor for the new
International Encyclopedia of the Social and Behavioral Sciences.
Stephen Hinerman is Lecturer in Communication Studies at San José State
University, California. He has written extensively on cultural studies and
rhetoric for many academic and popular publications, and writes regularly

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