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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

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  itself. One possible explanation follows Kobena Mercer's argument that people of color experience ... watching, which potentially brings the satirist’s critical insider/outsider position into conflict with the ...
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  Voting for Super Bullshit on Super Tuesday

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  Jonathan Gray University of Wisconsin - Madison

  February 05, 2008

  button is still on. Here, though, and especially on a day such as today, I’m interested in how this clip ...
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  The Politics of the "Same Level Playing Field": Race, Citizenship, and Net Neutrality

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  Allison Perlman University of California-Irvine

  August 26, 2010

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  itself; I’m inclined to be more generous, and to view it as a sincere gesture for inclusion. Even so, ...
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  What Role for Government TV in Community Life?

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  Jeffrey P. Jones Old Dominion University

  February 29, 2008

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  seems ever more pressing—is it possible for citizens to know their local community through television? ...
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  Using Critical Media Literacy to Empower Inclusive and Active Voices in Daily Civic Life

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  Paul Mihailidis Emerson College

  April 15, 2013

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  Using Critical Media Literacy to Empower Inclusive and Active Voices in Daily Civic Life Media Literacy critical media literacy civic engagement citizenship Curator's Note In 2008, scholar Lance W. Bennett posited a new dichotomy for thinking about c ...
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  Taking Stock & Giving Back: Citizenship in Hannah Montana Forever

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  Morgan Blue The University of Texas at Austin

  September 01, 2010

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  Taking Stock & Giving Back: Citizenship in Hannah Montana Forever TV troops Miley Cyrus Hannah Montana girls Disney citizenship Curator's Note In the early episodes of the current and final season of Disney’s Hannah Montana, now optimistically re ...
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  The Inadequately Violent State?

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  Samir Dayal Bentley University

  May 17, 2010

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  character, possibly a conceit borrowed from Rain Man (Barry Levinson, 1988), and the "stupidity" of ...
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  “Taking Colbert Seriously: Faux News Man Issues Faux Apology for Real News

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  Megan Boler University of Toronto

  May 10, 2007

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  “Taking Colbert Seriously: Faux News Man Issues Faux Apology for Real News The Daily Show The Colbert Report Stephen Colbert satire politics parody fake news cynicism counterpublics Comedy Central citizenship Curator's Note This April 26 segment of T ...
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  Queer, There, Everywhere: Buying & Selling Citizenship on Gay Narrowcast TV

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  Hollis Griffin Denison University

  March 09, 2009

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  Queer, There, Everywhere: Buying & Selling Citizenship on Gay Narrowcast TV queer niche narrowcasting LOGO here! gay consumer citizenship cable television Curator's Note In looking for instances of sexual and political agency, queer media critici ...
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  YouTube, Presidential Debates, & YouRhetoric

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  Dave Parry University of Texas at Dallas

  October 10, 2007

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  YouTube, Presidential Debates, & YouRhetoric Youtube politics President participation digital citizenship debates Kennedy/Nixon rhetoric election Curator's Note Mass Media has often played a crucial role in how we elect our politicians, and speci ...