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  Citizens’ Media in Southern Colombia

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  Clemencia Rodriguez University of Oklahoma

  December 13, 2007

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  agricultural farmers as delinquents, this narrative rules out the possibility of linking illegal drug economies ... complicates the issue of coca cultivation; it denies the possibility of good guys and bad guys and simple ...
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  Of Scabs and Cats: The WGA’s Internet Campaign

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  Miranda Banks Loyola Marymount University

  December 17, 2007

  2 comments

  professional writers creating content for the Internet, the possibilities of the medium for entertainment—and ...
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  Re: Jesus 2.0: Christian Identity and Community on Godtube

  I'm trying to think through

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  Jonathan Gray University of Wisconsin - Madison

  Tuesday, December 18, 2007 — 6:49 am

  I'm trying to think through the parallel here of Mac = Christ-follower, and PC = Christian, and this sheds further light on why many Christians might feel threatened by it. As you note, the script of victimization is so prevalent, yet within the Mac/ ...
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  Re: The AMPTP vs. The World

  Great clip, Derek! I'm

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  Miranda Banks Loyola Marymount University

  Tuesday, December 18, 2007 — 8:05 pm

  Great clip, Derek! I'm particularly fond of the use of muzak. It's as if the AMPTP didn't want to pay a musician for their work either. Besides, I'd think CEOs would love elevator music--it's the sound of industry creating "e ...
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  Strike You!

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  Ellen Seiter University of Southern California

  December 19, 2007

  5 comments

  Strike You! satire Youtube labor pro-am WGA strike Curator's Note YouTube has been an amazing resource for me—as a teacher of television. I especially like the way that it enables me to show historic television clips and TV from other countries. I al ...
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  Re: Strike You!

  Excellent video and

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  Derek Kompare Southern Methodist University

  Thursday, December 20, 2007 — 6:54 am

  Obviously, both sides have and will make as much hay from this as possible (e.g., the huge difference between ...
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  South Park’s Ironic Whiteness

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  Ted Gournelos Old Dominion University

  January 14, 2008

  8 comments

  South Park’s Ironic Whiteness whiteness race South Park Comedy Central destabilize Michael Richards Richard Dyer George Lipsitz irony A Time to Kill Training Day Curator's Note As scholars like Richard Dyer and George Lipsitz have pointed out, one of ...
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  Re: South Park’s Ironic Whiteness

  I tend to agree with Viveca

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  Amber Day Bryant University

  Tuesday, January 15, 2008 — 3:29 am

  other words, it seems like the possibility of highly diverse readings of the show's humor is built ...
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  Ironic Authenticity: Reverend Billy and the Church of Stop Shopping

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  Amber Day Bryant University

  January 15, 2008

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  Ironic Authenticity: Reverend Billy and the Church of Stop Shopping culture jamming performance art parody consumerism religion irony authenticity Reverend Billy Church of Stop Shopping What Would Jesus Buy Curator's Note Reverend Billy is the bouffa ...
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  Re: South Park’s Ironic Whiteness

  Thanks to Ted for starting

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  Catherine Burwell University of Toronto

  Tuesday, January 15, 2008 — 8:08 am

  polysemy of the text or the possibility of multiple interpretive positions, but just to come back to ...

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