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  Re: “Barack OBollywood”: Afro-Asian Connections on the Viral Video Trail

  Hi Shilpa- Thanks for your

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  Shalini Shankar Northwestern University

  Thursday, May 1, 2008 — 10:33 pm

  got this from The Guru, rather than picking a more relevant song. You're right that the beginning ...
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  “The Legend of G.I. Joe…New from Marvel Comics!”: The Toy as Comic Book on Television

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  Derek Johnson University of Wisconsin, Madison

  May 08, 2008

  7 comments

  “The Legend of G.I. Joe…New from Marvel Comics!”: The Toy as Comic Book on Television comic books commercials convergence cultural products FCC G.I. Joe Hasbro marketing Marvel Enterprises narrative play regulation toys transmedia storytelling Curator ...
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  “‘Save Me Captain Stubing! Skeletor and The Lone Ranger have joined forces and are attacking the General Lee’: The place of play

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  Avi Santo Old Dominion University

  May 09, 2008

  8 comments

  “‘Save Me Captain Stubing! Skeletor and The Lone Ranger have joined forces and are attacking the General Lee’: The place of play commercials toys play transmedia children Transformers underoos Superman Hulk G.I. Joe Captain Action Mattell Hasbro Marvel En ...
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  Re: “The Legend of G.I. Joe…New from Marvel Comics!”: The Toy as Comic Book on Television

  Thanks for the great

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  Derek Johnson University of Wisconsin, Madison

  Sunday, May 11, 2008 — 2:10 am

  commercial to begin with. Avi: I can’t believe you have GI Joe #1! Considering Ray’s discussion of packaging, ...
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  Re: “‘Save Me Captain Stubing! Skeletor and The Lone Ranger have joined forces and are attacking the General Lee’: The place of play

  I recently recovered some

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  Henry Jenkins Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism, University of Southern California

  Sunday, May 11, 2008 — 5:51 pm

  trends of cross-corporate branding collaborations seem to go back at least to the 1960s. ...
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  Re: Asians Can Dance ~ Check out: JabbaWockeeZ, Kaba Modern, and Planet B-Boy

  "...JabbaWockeeZ’s

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  Thursday, May 29, 2008 — 9:45 pm

  Dropping the pretensions, race is, for myself at least, and, I feel, for many of my age group, ...
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  Sport from All Angles

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  Doug Battema Western New England University

  January 20, 2009

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  Phelps’ closest Beijing race from a whole new view": underwater. The clip begins with NBC’s Beijing ...
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  Unsportsmanlike Call

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  Cynthia Fuchs George Mason University

  January 22, 2009

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  clip here begins on Eli Manning's uneasy face before it cuts to his rival's antics). But as ...
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  Bloggers at the Gate: Buzz Bissinger's Last Stand

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  Michael Butterworth Ohio University

  January 23, 2009

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  Bloggers at the Gate: Buzz Bissinger's Last Stand Sports Journalism Media Authority Blogs Curator's Note  What makes an “authentic” sportswriter?   In this summary of HBO’s Costas Now from last April, Buzz Bissinger (author of Friday Night Light ...
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  Whopper Virgins: Nanook Revisited?

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  Chris Boulton University of Massachusetts, Amherst

  January 26, 2009

  2 comments

  Whopper Virgins: Nanook Revisited? viral video Orientalism advertising fast food Burger King Whopper Virgins taste test Nanook other identity Curator's Note This faux documentary viral video ad campaign from Burger King reminds me of that infamous sc ...

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