"Beautiful Girl" by Max Schwoelk. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Self-Mediation in Contemporary Media

Monday, May 20, 2019 to Friday, May 24, 2019

Theme week organized by

Jenny GunnGeorgia State University

Self-Mediation and Repressed Affect in Personal Shopper

Monday, May 20, 2019

'Faceshopping' (2018) with Sophie Xeon/SOPHIE

By Joseph Owen Jackson

Tuesday, May 21, 2019

Cam and Fears of Online Identity Theft

By Andrea Ruehlicke

Wednesday, May 22, 2019

Unfriended: A Glitch in Self-Mediation

By Dewey Musante

Thursday, May 23, 2019

Nelson Sullivan's Selfie Videos

By Joseph DeLeon

Friday, May 24, 2019

Featured Content

5/20/2019 to 5/24/2019
Self-Mediation in Contemporary Media

Theme week organized by
Jenny GunnGeorgia State University
5/13/2019
Race & Fandom

Theme week organized by
Tanya ZukGeorgia State University
Ashley JonesGeorgia State University
5/6/2019 to 5/10/2019
Motherhood & Media

Theme week organized by
Ashley JonesGeorgia State University
4/29/2019 to 5/3/2019
Media & Mental Health

Theme week organized by
Lyndsey SheltonGeorgia State University
4/22/2019 to 4/26/2019
Netflix Stand-Up Comedy

Theme week organized by
Daniel Van JelgerhuisGeorgia State University
4/15/2019 to 4/19/2019
MCU Retrospective

Theme week organized by
Jayson QuearryGeorgia State University

Recent comments

Re: 'Faceshopping' (2018) with Sophie Xeon/SOPHIE

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By Joseph Owen Jackson

Saturday, May 25, 2019 - 16:20

I love that break-down moment in the video! When the shrill voice stops singing with discernable words, the text dissolves into glittery nothingness while the singer ecstatically warbles strange, alien sounds. Perhaps this points towards...
Re: Nelson Sullivan's Selfie Videos

I second Andrea's comment

By Joseph Owen Jackson

Saturday, May 25, 2019 - 16:13

I second Andrea's comment! As we analyse and immerse ourselves in contemporary audiovisual artefacts, it is imperative that we remember the media archaeology which surrounds and contextualises the methods and aesthetics of today's artists...
Re: Unfriended: A Glitch in Self-Mediation

Skyping Selfie Death

By Joseph DeLeon

Saturday, May 25, 2019 - 01:34

Wow, it's remarkable how much the blog posts touched on dystopian or horror approaches to the self-image. I think Unfriended has much in common with Cam on the "liveness" front. Andrea's post evoked for me that liveness confers a...
Re: Cam and Fears of Online Identity Theft

Live-Streaming Body Horror

By Joseph DeLeon

Friday, May 24, 2019 - 19:15

Wow, that trailer was a ride! Building off of Jenny's comments, I also feel like the themes that Cam evokes relate to Artificial Intelligence and the cultural fears surrounding the uncanny valley. Echoing the spectral text dialogue in...
Re: Nelson Sullivan's Selfie Videos

Way to close the week!

By Jenny Gunn

Friday, May 24, 2019 - 19:11

Agreed, this is such a great way to close out our discussion. I think there are a lot of productive comparisons this suggests and absolutely agree that the historical precursors of self-mediation have to be considered, A few things that struck me: I...