"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

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Jenny GunnGeorgia State University

Self-Mediation and Repressed Affect in Personal Shopper

Monday, May 20, 2019

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'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

Sullivan Backyard with Pets

Nelson Sullivan's Selfie Videos

By Joseph DeLeon

Friday, May 24, 2019

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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

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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

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Lyndsey SheltonGeorgia State University
4/22/2019 to 4/26/2019
Netflix Stand-Up Comedy

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Daniel Van JelgerhuisGeorgia State University
4/15/2019 to 4/19/2019
MCU Retrospective

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Jayson QuearryGeorgia State University

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Re: Self-Mediation and Repressed Affect in Personal Shopper

great work, Jenny - there is

By Joseph Owen Jackson

1 min 54 sec ago

great work, Jenny - there is something darkly funny and a little unnerving about a spiritualistic medium misleading and miscommunicating through digital media. is Maureen being manipulated by mysterious external forces...
Re: Hypervisibility and Racism in Fandom

After all, if fandom ignores you, should you stay home?

By Greg Carter

Friday, May 17, 2019 - 14:14

Rukmini, thanks for this. (I had entertained using this video for my post, but guessed that someone else could use it to greater effect, as you have.) Among the many issues your essay intersects with, I believe the treatment of minority fans,...
Re: #SaveODAAT, Yalitza Aparicio and Latinx Fandom

We tried, sorry.

By Greg Carter

Wednesday, May 15, 2019 - 19:28

Roberto, thank you for sharing this. I had seen out of the corner of my eye that the sitcom, One Day at a Time, had been revived but I didn't have time to check it out. You set up some great juxtapositions--U.S. vs. Latin America Latinidad, art...
Re: It's not you, Lexa, it's your 'tan'

I had not heard of Clexacon.

By Greg Carter

Wednesday, May 15, 2019 - 19:05

Erika, thanks for this! I had not heard of Clexacon but now I'm curious to know more. I did some cursory Googling but I'm still wondering, does it provide an adequate forum for queer women of color to discuss issues? Was that an organizer of the...
Re: Helicopter Parents: Posthuman tropes of bad mothering

gaming the system

By Shelley M Park

Friday, May 10, 2019 - 17:08

Thanks, Charlotte, for these observations about the different rhetorical framings of caring for children. Part of what is interesting in the dialogue surrounding the U.S. college admission scandal is that certain rich parents (read...