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Donald Trump

Monday, May 30, 2016 to Friday, June 3, 2016

Theme week organized by Ethan Tussey (Georgia State University).

Image used and altered under Creative Commons License permission.

The Curious Case of Donald Trump's Doctor: Metonymy in the Age of Memetic News

By Aaron Dickinson Sachs
Monday, May 30, 2016
2 comments

Manufacturing Trumpiness

By Chuck Tryon
Tuesday, May 31, 2016
4 comments

The Trumpster and the Statesman: Civility/Incivility and the Limits of Good Government

By D. Elisabeth Glassco
Wednesday, June 1, 2016
1 comment

Trump audiences: Fired up! Ready to rumble!

By Robert Spicer
Thursday, June 2, 2016
3 comments

Making America Great Again: Nostalgia, Hucksterism, and the Empty Signifier

By Andrew J. Salvati
Friday, June 3, 2016
2 comments
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Adam Cottrel

Georgia State University
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Aaron Dickinson Sachs

Assistant Professor of Media Technology and CultureSaint Mary's College of California
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Chuck Tryon

Fayetteville State University
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D. Elisabeth Glassco

Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
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Robert Spicer

Assistant ProfessorMillersville University
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Andrew J. Salvati

PhD CandidateRutgers University, School of Communication and Information
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    Yes and!
    By Carolyn Elerding
    Friday, December 6, 2019 - 15:11

    Rebecca (if I may), I'm very glad to have read your analysis. It's not easy to pack such a comprehensive critique into such a small space! I would be interested in your thoughts on how Gillota's work on essentialism might figure into discussion of...

  • Re: An IMR Exclusive Interview with Disney Producer Brigham Taylor
    No additional insight, but I
    By Sky LaRell Anderson
    Thursday, December 5, 2019 - 20:54

    No additional insight, but I believe the response speaks to the aesthetic sensibilities of a producer (which I believe has a big influence over the production). For instance, simply look at the face animation on the animals in the Lion King remake...

  • Re: The Jungle Book: Evolving Representations of Masculinity
    A close relationship between production and theory
    By Carolyn Elerding
    Thursday, December 5, 2019 - 17:15

    Hannah (if I may), thank you for sharing your thought-provoking perspective. As you might imagine, if you've seen my post on the Dalmatians films, I am very supportive of your interest in comparative historicization of the original and remake. I...

  • Re: An IMR Exclusive Interview with Disney Producer Brigham Taylor
    Abstractions and Divergences
    By Jannik Müller
    Wednesday, December 4, 2019 - 10:48

    Thank you for this very interesting interview. Fascinating that Taylor mentions aesthetic abstraction and narrative divergence from the original stories, both of which the Lion King-remake does not do. I am wondering whether Taylor's last answer...

  • Re: The Problem of Hyperrealism in The Jungle Book & The Lion King
    Literature on animation aesthetics
    By Jannik Müller
    Wednesday, December 4, 2019 - 10:36

    Thank you very much for your comment and your literature recommendations. I'm currently re-reading Maureen Furniss' Art in Motion. Animation Aesthetics and Sebastian Richters Digitaler Realismus (Digital Realism), which has not yet been published...

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