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  Re: “Like Shooting Nerds in a Barrel”: Exploiting the Fanboy Niche

  Is Stuart Escaping?

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  Ethan Tussey Georgia State University

  Thursday, February 2, 2012 — 3:58 pm

  Henry Jenkins describes in the beginning of Textual Poachers. Stuart may profit from his friends ... nothing I can do about my niche in life, so at least I can make some money." It is rare on this show ...
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  Re: Storytelling and the Role of Imagination in Educational Children's TV of the 1980s

  What about New Technology?

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  Ethan Tussey Georgia State University

  Thursday, February 2, 2012 — 4:08 pm

  out this was the 1980s the beginning of the era of video tape. I wonder if there was a desire to take ...
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  Lit

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  Eric LeMay Ohio University

  February 10, 2012

  3 comments

  Lit medium light digital literature Curator's Note The blue lights that pulse and flicker from otherwise dark houses are often the only ones I see when I walk home at night.  These lights, thrown from computer and television screens, strike me at tim ...
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  Digital Man

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  John Bresland Northwestern University

  Saturday, February 11, 2012 — 9:20 pm

  other side.” This dispersal of our attention, of our consciousness, is beginning to feel like the story ...
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  Can This Soap Be Saved?

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  Elana Levine

  February 14, 2012

  9 comments

  Can This Soap Be Saved? women General Hospital Future of Soap Opera daytime TV Curator's Note  With Katie Couric's syndicated talk show poised to take over General Hospital 's time slot on a substantial number of ABC affiliaties come Septem ...
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  Re: Can This Soap Be Saved?

  one can hope!

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  Elana Levine

  Tuesday, February 14, 2012 — 3:14 pm

  years. I should, clarify, however, that this Alexis storyline is VERY small, at least so far. It takes up ...
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  Re: Can This Soap Be Saved?

  Yes,it's Barb!

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  Elana Levine

  Tuesday, February 14, 2012 — 5:07 pm

  Your description makes me want to all the more! Sounds like Eastenders, at least, has held closely to ...
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  Love and AIDS in the Afternoon

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  Cassandra Belek TV Industry Professional

  February 15, 2012

  5 comments

  Love and AIDS in the Afternoon soap operas HIV General Hospital Future of Soap Opera AIDS Curator's Note  In 1995, General Hospital broke ground with its HIV/AIDS storyline centered on 16-year-old Robin Scorpio and her first love, Stone Cates. Robin ...
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  Re: Love and AIDS in the Afternoon

  The Nurses' Ball

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  Elana Levine

  Thursday, February 16, 2012 — 3:16 am

  come back, at least briefly, to leave the character in amore satisfactory state. And yet this may be ...
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  The Trouble with Context in Archiving Soaps' Pivotal Moments

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  Sam Ford Massachusetts Institute for Technology

  February 16, 2012

  6 comments

  The Trouble with Context in Archiving Soaps' Pivotal Moments soap opera serialization Future of Soap Opera As the World Turns Curator's Note As a number of long-running U.S. soap operas are canceled, many people are trying to figure out not only ...

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