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  "Telling Stories is the Most Powerful Thing": Kony 2012 and Narrative [Dis]Unity

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  Justin Owen Rawlins and Zenia Kish The University of Tulsa

  August 17, 2012

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  "Telling Stories is the Most Powerful Thing": Kony 2012 and Narrative [Dis]Unity Political Polarization Kony 2012 Curator's Note One of the year’s most polarizing media spectacles followed the March launch of Invisible Children’s video “Kon ...
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  Doubting Science Along Party Lines: The Polarization of Climate Change

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  Emma Frances Bloomfield University of Nevada, Las Vegas

  August 15, 2012

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  Doubting Science Along Party Lines: The Polarization of Climate Change skepticism politics politicalization polarization news media global warming Environment entertainment Colbert Report climate change Curator's Note The catastrophic consequences of ...
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  Re: "No More Origins": Memory, Trauma, and X-Men: First Class

  Memory Loss, Time, and Sustainability

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  Ian Peters University of North Georgia

  Thursday, August 9, 2012 — 5:43 pm

  their sequels, it is possible that the reaction against inconsistencies may be stronger this time ...
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  "No More Origins": Memory, Trauma, and X-Men: First Class

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  Wilson Koh National University of Singapore

  August 09, 2012

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  "No More Origins": Memory, Trauma, and X-Men: First Class superheroes franchises Film and Television Reboots cameos blockbuster Curator's Note In “Memories Out of Order: Thought Suppression and the Disturbance of Sequence Memory”, psycholog ...
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  Re: Reboots, Remakes, and Adaptations

  Sub-Franchises and Parent Franchises

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  Ian Peters University of North Georgia

  Monday, August 6, 2012 — 4:11 pm

  complicates this. What I think needs to be clarified therefore is possibly the concept of multiple ... sub-franchises that may possibly exist within larger franchises that may be media specific (for example, Batman ...
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  Re: Reboots, Remakes, and Adaptations

  Well argued Ian! That is an

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  William Proctor Centre for Research in Media and Cultural Studies, University of Sunderland

  Monday, August 6, 2012 — 1:48 pm

  Recall' is stuck at a paradigmatic crossroads of reboot, remake, and adaptation (possibly ...
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  Re: Reboots, Remakes, and Adaptations

  Rebooting Single Film Franchises - Business vs. Art

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  Ian Peters University of North Georgia

  Monday, August 6, 2012 — 1:08 pm

  a renewed interest, it could very possibly have done so and could have led to various tie-ins of its own. ...
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  Reboots, Remakes, and Adaptations

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  Ian Peters University of North Georgia

  August 06, 2012

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  Reboots, Remakes, and Adaptations Total Recall remakes Reboots franchises Blockbuster reboot Adaptations Curator's Note The current film and television landscape is ripe with reboots and remakes, with countless more to be released in the near future. ...
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  The Digital Evolution?: From Tabletop to Online Simulation

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  Shane Toepfer University of North Georgia

  June 29, 2012

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  possibilities, and for almost thirty years the game has cultivated a small, dedicated fanbase that purchases ... community espoused the "unlimited possibilities" the online format would offer for the game and ...
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  Re: When Idle Hands Were the Devil's Workshop: Did Early Game Manufacturers Overcome A Gaming Prejudice?

  The Frivolity of Play

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  Shane Toepfer University of North Georgia

  Wednesday, June 27, 2012 — 3:32 am

  play's frivolous nature, enjoying the experience for its wasteful (and subversive) possibilities. ...

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