About the Author

Tara McPherson is Associate Professor in the School of Cinematic Arts at the University of Southern California. Justine Cassell is Associate Dean of the School of Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon University. Christian Sandvig is Associate Professor in the Department of Communications Studies and the School of Information at the University of Michigan and Faculty Associate at the Berkman Center for Internet and Society at Harvard University. Henry Lowood is Curator for History of Science and Technology and for Film and Media collections at Stanford University and the coeditor of The Machinima Reader (MIT Press). Steve Anderson is Associate Professor of Digital Media at the University of California Los Angeles.