Introduction: Information Pot And Postsocialist Politics Of Mediation -- Extrasensory Powers, Magic Waves, And Information Explosion: Imagining The Digital -- The Curious Case Of A Robot Doctor: Rethinking Labor, Expert Systems, And The Interface -- The Ultrastable System And The New Cinema -- Affective Form: Advertising, Information Aesthetics, And Experimental Writing In The Market Economy -- Liminal Mediation And The Cinema Redefined -- Epilogue: The Virtual Past(s) Of The Future(s). Xiao Liu. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Electronic Reproduction. Baltimore, Md Available Via World Wide Web.