UTA PROFESSOR LAUNCHES ELECTRONIC JOURNAL The "fast life" of the 21st century and its impact on individuals, society and culture are the focus of a new electronic journal launched by UTA Sociology Professor Ben Agger. "Fast Capitalism" will explore the impact of rapid information and communication technologies. The first issue will be posted this fall at www.fastcapitalism.com <http://www.fastcapitalism.com/> and will feature articles on "The War on Knowledge and Truth under Fast Capitalism" and "The Timescapes of the Network Society." The journal is edited by Agger and Professor Timothy W. Luke at Virginia Tech, with whom UTA is partnering to edit and produce this online scholarly publication. Agger and Luke have been published widely on issues related to the impact of information, media and culture on society and politics. The journal, which has always begun to receive papers from a broad international array of scholars, will enhance UTA's visibility as a place where cutting-edge scholarship in social and cultural theory is being conducted. In 1989, Agger wrote a book called Fast Capitalism (University of Illinois Press). Fast Capitalism is one of a series of interrelated books that Agger has published on issues of self, media, culture and power. For a complete listing of these books, consult his Web page: www.uta.edu/huma/agger <http://www.uta.edu/huma/agger> . The sequel, titled Speeding Up Fast Capitalism (Paradigm Publishers), will be published in June. The second publication updates and extends the earlier book in light of the impact of the Internet on cultures, jobs, families, schools and bodies. Agger also will be teaching a course of "fast life" this summer. (Laura Hanna)