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  A New Reconstruction Narrative: Race and BSG

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  Ellen Rigsby Saint Mary’s College of California

  July 10, 2007

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  African slaves is sacrificed for the reconstruction of the nation. In this scene Tigh begins explaining ... into danger in the first place. Rather than continuing Bulldog’s story, Tigh begins to tell his own: ...
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  Voting for Super Bullshit on Super Tuesday

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  Jonathan Gray University of Wisconsin - Madison

  February 05, 2008

  voting as the sole or at least primary act of citizenship, then mustn’t it criticize and analyze the ...
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  Of Niggas and Citizens: Mobilizing Strategies on The Boondocks and the Rhetoric of Blame

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  Avi Santo Old Dominion University

  July 27, 2007

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  pushed to the periphery. On television, satire rarely begins at the margins and takes a critical look at ...
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  What Role for Government TV in Community Life?

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  Jeffrey P. Jones Old Dominion University

  February 29, 2008

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  citizens—at least as compared to that which is provided by local TV news (which is typically nothing)? Or as ...
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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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  to say “I know someone like you.” Clinton, at least in my judgement, answers the question better by ...
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  “Taking Colbert Seriously: Faux News Man Issues Faux Apology for Real News

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  Megan Boler University of Toronto

  May 10, 2007

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  networks with effectiveness where we least expect it. Despite all shortcomings of our intermediaries ...
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  CSI’s State of Denial

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  Chad Harriss Alfred University

  August 02, 2007

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  CSI’s State of Denial science Repressive State Apparatus power Louis Althusser Ideological State Apparatuses discourse CSI citizenship CBS Curator's Note In this scene from CSI's "A Bullet Runs Through It," Grissom makes his oft-repeat ...
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  Using Critical Media Literacy to Empower Inclusive and Active Voices in Daily Civic Life

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  Paul Mihailidis Emerson College

  April 15, 2013

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  Using Critical Media Literacy to Empower Inclusive and Active Voices in Daily Civic Life Media Literacy critical media literacy civic engagement citizenship Curator's Note In 2008, scholar Lance W. Bennett posited a new dichotomy for thinking about c ...