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  Bant Singh can still sing

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  Jyotsna Kapur Southern Illinois University

  February 02, 2007

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  Bant Singh can still sing Featured globalization Youtube music India otherness Bant Singh caste activism Curator's Note Posted on YouTube, this unforgettable video-letter by Sanjay Kak and Anurag Singh sears the brain. Here, Bant Singh, a lower-caste ...
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  “Un- De- Re- classified”: Adel Hamad’s case goes to YouTube

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  Cynthia Fuchs George Mason University

  February 21, 2007

  al-Qaeda. Such lack of access to evidence is typical for detainees at Guantánamo and elsewhere. One possible ...
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  YouTube, Presidential Debates, & YouRhetoric

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  Dave Parry University of Texas at Dallas

  October 10, 2007

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  YouTube, Presidential Debates, & YouRhetoric Youtube politics President participation digital citizenship debates Kennedy/Nixon rhetoric election Curator's Note Mass Media has often played a crucial role in how we elect our politicians, and speci ...
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  After Macaca: Virginia’s Next Youtube Moment

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  Tasha Oren University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee

  October 31, 2007

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  After Macaca: Virginia’s Next Youtube Moment Youtube race immigration politics elections scandal Liberty 9500 Virginia Curator's Note Forget Iraq. For those surprised by the effectiveness and overwhelming dominance of the gay marriage issue in motiva ...
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  Will the Wolf Survive, Los Lobos

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  Joseph Straubhaar University of Texas at Austin

  November 13, 2007

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  Will the Wolf Survive, Los Lobos immigration Latinos Los Lobos memory music video Youtube Curator's Note This video reminds me of my own process of discovery about Latino culture. I grew up in a small farming town in rural Southwest Idaho with severa ...
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  Of Scabs and Cats: The WGA’s Internet Campaign

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  Miranda Banks Loyola Marymount University

  December 17, 2007

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  professional writers creating content for the Internet, the possibilities of the medium for entertainment—and ...
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  Strike You!

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  Ellen Seiter University of Southern California

  December 19, 2007

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  Strike You! satire Youtube labor pro-am WGA strike Curator's Note YouTube has been an amazing resource for me—as a teacher of television. I especially like the way that it enables me to show historic television clips and TV from other countries. I al ...
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  Burgundy Histories? WEWS-TV “Catch 5!” 1970s promo

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  Mark Williams Dartmouth College

  February 26, 2008

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  particular fosters an opening of reading possibilities, I want to encourage more possibilities than camp ... Burgundy histories?- that deploy camp to new advantage. Or might such projects conflict with a possible ...
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  Re-contextualizing Archives

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  Laurie N. Taylor University of Florida

  March 24, 2008

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  Re-contextualizing Archives Youtube marketing archiving copyright Web 2.0 Unilever Dove soap finding aids remixing Massive data storage digital archives response videos Onslaught Curator's Note “A Message from Unilever,” posted to YouTube on October ...
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  “Barack OBollywood”: Afro-Asian Connections on the Viral Video Trail

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  Shalini Shankar Northwestern University

  April 30, 2008

  6 comments

  “Barack OBollywood”: Afro-Asian Connections on the Viral Video Trail Youtube viral video United States race President politics masculinity elections CamPain 2008 Bollywood Asian American Curator's Note In December 2007, 22 year old white American vir ...

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