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  Marvel Universe Live, the Lectro-Link, and the Live-Action Entertainment Experience

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  Kimberly Owczarski Texas Christian University

  April 27, 2015

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  Marvel Universe Live, the Lectro-Link, and the Live-Action Entertainment Experience stadium entertainment Marvel Enterprises franchise fandom Curator's Note With Disney's acquisition of Marvel Entertainment in 2009, the corporation has expanded ...
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  Liveness and Participation

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  Markus Stauff Media Studies, University Amsterdam (UvA)

  Tuesday, April 28, 2015 — 8:19 pm

  another possibility to equip fictional narratives with interactivity. I wonder, however, if the stadium ...
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  Commodity as a Political Pressure Valve in “Fifteen Million Merits”

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  Michael Frazer Auburn University

  May 04, 2015

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  Commodity as a Political Pressure Valve in “Fifteen Million Merits” screen Fifteen Million Merits commodity Black Mirror biopolitics Curator's Note In “Fifteen Million Merits,” citizenship correlates to viewership: screens are ubiquitous. Those who b ...
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  "Applefied"

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  Michael Frazer Auburn University

  Monday, May 4, 2015 — 9:25 pm

  judges' offer. There is the possibility of genuine human connection we see with Bing, but the dominant ...
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  Reflecting your heart's desire: "Project Black Mirror" and faux-Kickstarting Siri's mind-reading routine

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  Michael O'Neill Independent researcher

  May 05, 2015

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  Reflecting your heart's desire: "Project Black Mirror" and faux-Kickstarting Siri's mind-reading routine spoofs Promotional culture kickstarter hoaxes channel 4 British television Black Mirror Curator's Note This viral campaign wa ...
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  I’m quite a big fan of

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  Robert Wright University of Wolverhampton

  Tuesday, May 5, 2015 — 3:22 pm

  I'm quite a big fan of Charlie Brooker's work, enough to immediately notice that the examples of satirical programming you use both involved him as a writer, but this being said this viral campaign for Black Mirror completely passed me by so tha ...
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  Black Mirror as Pedagogical Tool in the College Classroom

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  Frank Bridges Rutgers University

  May 08, 2015

  3 comments

  watching the episode it facilitates meaningful discussions through a glimpse of our highly possible future. ...
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  WTF? How a podcast established a unique transmedia dialogue

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  Brad Mitchell University of Missouri

  May 18, 2015

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  WTF? How a podcast established a unique transmedia dialogue WTF transmedia podcasting podcast Marc Maron Curator's Note Comedian Marc Maron has built his own niche in popular media since the inaugural episode of his WTF podcast in 2009. As his semi-w ...
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  The Podcast and the Public Conversation: Considering the Slate Political Gabfest

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  Jeff Casey University of Wisconsin-Madison

  May 19, 2015

  exciting possibilities for reimagining the public dialogue, especially in politics. However, most of top ...
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  The Male Confessional Voice

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  Jeff Casey University of Wisconsin-Madison

  Wednesday, May 20, 2015 — 3:14 am

  "honesty.” I’m a little skeptical (perhaps cynical) about applying these terms to media figures, but that is ... confessional than Gray. So, I say all of this not to dismiss Maron. I’m a fan of his podcast, his standup, and ...

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