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  “Dreamers”: Cable, The Great American Success Story

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  Amanda Lotz University of Michigan

  March 26, 2007

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  “Dreamers”: Cable, The Great American Success Story history promos cable National Cable and Telcommunications Association trade advertising industry lore Curator's Note I first saw this video at the 2006 National Show of the National Cable and Telcom ...
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  It’s That Time of the Season: The British Invade American Idol

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  Alisa Perren University of Texas at Austin

  April 09, 2007

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  It’s That Time of the Season: The British Invade American Idol history 1960s reality TV American Idol pop music baby boomers consumerism interaction Curator's Note Simon Cowell wasn't the only British performer viewed live by American Idol watch ...
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  “I’m Here Because I’m Bored”: Getting at the Nature of Ludic Computation

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  Judd Ruggill University of Arizona

  October 30, 2007

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  know this is a boring job that you have to do with this machine, but at least there’s a game you can ...
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  Celebrating Kandy Fong: Founder of Fannish Music Video

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  Francesca Coppa Muhlenberg College

  November 19, 2007

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  with found footage, since at least 1975, when Kandy Fong made her first slideshows. Inspired by the ...
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  The AMPTP vs. The World

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  Derek Kompare Southern Methodist University

  December 18, 2007

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  The AMPTP vs. The World history labor SNL WGA strike AMPTP public relations above-the-line Variety conglomeration fin-syn Curator's Note Seven weeks into this strike, you almost feel sorry for the AMPTP. This video, from SNL ’s Fred Armisen, illustra ...
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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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  Burgundy Histories? WEWS-TV “Catch 5!” 1970s promo history idents journalism Youtube nostalgia advertising aesthetics 1970s regional media affiliate Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgany Cleveland Dorothy Fuldheim local media Curator's Note Surfing fo ...
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  Flying Classrooms in the Midwest: The MPATI’s Experiment in Regional Educational Television

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  Allison Perlman University of California-Irvine

  February 28, 2008

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  superintendents from all six states and devised at least one program, Your State Today, which addressed the ...
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  The Public Good and Corporate Goodies: A Genealogical Snapshot

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  Joel Adams Harlan Hatcher Graduate Library University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

  March 25, 2008

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  The Public Good and Corporate Goodies: A Genealogical Snapshot academic branding corporate economics Giroux Google higher education history intersectionality oddities Curator's Note In "Higher Education is More Than a Corporate Logo," Henry ...
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  Gleaning Alex Haley's Scriptural "Roots"

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  Richard Newton Claremont Graduate University

  March 21, 2011

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  in the first eighteen months and millions have sold since. The novel was translated into at least ...
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  Re-envisioning our Possible Past(s): Alternative Histories in Contemporary Summer Blockbusters

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  Michael S. Duffy Department of Electronic Media and Film, Towson University

  June 14, 2011

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  Re-envisioning our Possible Past(s): Alternative Histories in Contemporary Summer Blockbusters X-men Transformers superhero prequel history franchise comic book blockbuster Curator's Note It’s interesting how this summer’s contemporary (in some cases ...

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