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  Global Machinima: Pros and Cons?

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  Radhika Gajjala Bowling Green State University

  July 16, 2007

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  Global Machinima: Pros and Cons? representation otherness machinima human rights globalization educational media digital literacy children Curator's Note I found this on Rik's blog (Rik's blog itself is a very interesting layered negotiatio ...
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  Re: Global Machinima: Pros and Cons?

  I concur w/ Richard’s

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  Matthew Thomas Payne University of Notre Dame

  Wednesday, July 18, 2007 — 6:48 pm

  avatar puppet-theater. I’m interested in hearing whether anyone else thinks that another game might be ...
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  On Political Satire: ‘Ha-Ha’ Funny or Contemptuously So?

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  Jeffrey P. Jones Old Dominion University

  July 24, 2007

  5 comments

  On Political Satire: ‘Ha-Ha’ Funny or Contemptuously So? satire George W. Bush politics FOX fandom Comedy Central Gulliver’s Travels Half-Hour News Hour humor Daily Show Lil Bush criticism animation Little Rascals Jon Stewart contempt anti-fandom Rory Bre ...
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  Re: On Political Satire: ‘Ha-Ha’ Funny or Contemptuously So?

  I agree that the individual

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  Avi Santo Old Dominion University

  Thursday, July 26, 2007 — 7:04 pm

  conflation there seems to be several possible relational positions that are produced: * The individual ...
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  Of Niggas and Citizens: Mobilizing Strategies on The Boondocks and the Rhetoric of Blame

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  Avi Santo Old Dominion University

  July 27, 2007

  3 comments

  itself. One possible explanation follows Kobena Mercer's argument that people of color experience ...
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  “It’s Our Job to Know Stuff”: The Epistemology of CSI

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  Kathleen Fitzpatrick Michigan State University

  July 30, 2007

  6 comments

  possible precisely by the sophisticated computer simulations that Grissom eschews. The third clip is from ...
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  What Happens in Vegas

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  Derek Kompare Southern Methodist University

  July 31, 2007

  8 comments

  What Happens in Vegas CSI on location cultural geography Las Vegas space/place crime drama Curator's Note Television settings tend to be generic “spaces,” rather than “places.” Like the city of popular imagination, however, CSI ’s Las Vegas is a cruc ...
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  Re: What Happens in Vegas

  Great clip, Derek! I'm

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  Kathleen Fitzpatrick Michigan State University

  Tuesday, July 31, 2007 — 9:35 am

  Great clip, Derek! I'm fascinated by ways that the city gets used in the show as well, particularly in the contrasts between these late-night shots of the strip, the site we associate with Las Vegas, and the broad daylight shots of the places where p ...
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  Re: What Happens in Vegas

  It seemed to me that in the

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  Michael Peterson University of Wisconsin, Madison

  Wednesday, August 1, 2007 — 11:53 pm

  later seasons? Is this possibly partly in response to other Vegas shows/the hotness of Vegas in general ...
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  Re: The Painful Pleasures of CSI: Miami

  Wow! I'm still picking my

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  Derek Kompare Southern Methodist University

  Friday, August 3, 2007 — 5:26 pm

  Wow! I'm still picking my jaw up off the floor. I've only ever seen a couple of episodes of CSI Miami, and now I remember why. You hit the nail on the head in terms of formula, to the degree that one could easily conceive of similar videos for e ...

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