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  Re: "It's Not You...It's Nielsen": Cancellation Heartbreak and Measurement Magic

  Ratings as representative failure but cultural success

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  Charlotte Howell University of Texas at Austin

  Tuesday, April 19, 2011 — 5:40 pm

  rumblings of HBO possibly developing an American Gods adaptation.  Most articles I've seen about that ... possibility share the idea that the first step toward such a series depends on Game of Thrones 's ratings ...
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  Re: "It's Not You...It's Nielsen": Cancellation Heartbreak and Measurement Magic

  power to the imaginary people

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  Anne Moore Tufts University

  Tuesday, April 19, 2011 — 1:21 pm

  possibility for intervention by organized groups of fans. Even if a group of fans crashed a netowork's ...
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  "It's Not You...It's Nielsen": Cancellation Heartbreak and Measurement Magic

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  Ryan Bowles UC Santa Barbara Department of Film and Media Studies

  April 19, 2011

  10 comments

  "It's Not You...It's Nielsen": Cancellation Heartbreak and Measurement Magic TV Failure ratings Production Culture Nielsen cancellation Audience Measurement Curator's Note Success is never giving up, or so they say. Failure, on th ...
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  "Be Yourself; Everyone Else Is Already Taken" and Other Adventures in Street Style Marketing

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  Julie Baumgardner New York University, Interdisciplinary Human & Social Thought

  April 12, 2011

  3 comments

  "Be Yourself; Everyone Else Is Already Taken" and Other Adventures in Street Style Marketing street style originality Models marketing advertising Curator's Note Despite ideas to the contrary, being different is a desirable attribute. Socie ...
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  Re: Primetime Portrait: The Depiction of Asperger’s on "Parenthood"

  Formal Implications?

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  Kaitlin Sweetman NYU

  Tuesday, April 5, 2011 — 2:28 pm

  conventional, yet effective way. For Parenthood, these formal techniques would possibly signify a break with the ... than that of his family. I wonder if it is possible for Parenthood to move past the abelist ...
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  Primetime Portrait: The Depiction of Asperger’s on "Parenthood"

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  Kaitlin Sweetman NYU

  April 05, 2011

  6 comments

  Primetime Portrait: The Depiction of Asperger’s on "Parenthood" representations of disability network television autism Asperger's Curator's Note Parents of children who have forms of autism praise Parenthood’s depiction of a family wi ...
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  Re: Primetime Portrait: The Depiction of Asperger’s on "Parenthood"

  Max’s perspective

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  Samir Dayal Bentley University

  Tuesday, April 5, 2011 — 3:29 am

  neurotypical viewers will presumably identify.  By contrast you suggest the possibility of presenting autism ...
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  Re: Gaming on the Spectrum: Autism and Xbox Live

  Perils of Xbox Live

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  Steven Boyer University of Glasgow

  Monday, April 4, 2011 — 8:50 pm

  restricting communication in this way eliminates the possibility for positive social experiences with other ... meaning it is more difficult to assess what is appropriate. One possibility is to follow the lead of other ...
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  Gaming on the Spectrum: Autism and Xbox Live

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  Steven Boyer University of Glasgow

  April 04, 2011

  4 comments

  Gaming on the Spectrum: Autism and Xbox Live video games Media Literacy autism Curator's Note  In January, a  local news story  about an eleven-year-old autistic boy's punishment on the  Xbox Live  gaming service caused an internet uproar. The i ...
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  Re: Karolina Sobecka's WILDLIFE

  Virtual Spectacle

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  Kaitlin Sweetman NYU

  Thursday, March 31, 2011 — 4:34 am

  a possible critique of the direct-to-consumer spectacle that Twitter is a platform for, as the cobra's ...

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