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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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  Re: Reflecting your heart's desire: "Project Black Mirror" and faux-Kickstarting Siri's mind-reading routine

  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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  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

  8 comments

  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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  Re: Commodity as a Political Pressure Valve in “Fifteen Million Merits”

  "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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  Commodity as a Political Pressure Valve in “Fifteen Million Merits”

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  Michael Frazer Auburn University

  May 04, 2015

  9 comments

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

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

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  Kimberly Owczarski Texas Christian University

  April 27, 2015

  4 comments

  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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  Re: Performing Stardom

  'HISTORICIZING' SELF-CONSCIOUSNESS

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  James Harvey-Davitt Anglia Ruskin University

  Wednesday, April 22, 2015 — 4:03 pm

  towards a number of possibilities. We've seen this with Tanya's comments on gender: performing ...
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  Re: Performing Stardom

  Self-Reflexive Performance as Imprimatur of 'Art'

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  Maria San Filippo Emerson College

  Wednesday, April 22, 2015 — 2:07 pm

  theatre) versus the possibility of taking so-called Hollywood hokum (represented by a superhero/sci-fi ...
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  Performing Stardom

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  James Harvey-Davitt Anglia Ruskin University

  April 21, 2015

  9 comments

  Performing Stardom stars spectatorship Movies about Movies intertextuality immersion Alienation Curator's Note A tendency has appeared across several recent films whereby we see stars playing actors who – during overtly performative moments – allude ...

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