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  "The best thing about human beings is that they stack so neatly": Spectatorship and Platform Performativity from the White House to House of Cards

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  Molly C. Beer Mount Holyoke College

  August 27, 2016

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  "The best thing about human beings is that they stack so neatly": Spectatorship and Platform Performativity from the White House to House of Cards spectatorship Politics as Performance Platforms House of Cards 2016 Election Curator's Note A ...
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  The 3D Machine: An Experiment With Aura, Television, and Installation

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  Daniel C. Faltesek Oregon State University

  December 16, 2010

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  material could be showcased outside of the theatrical context.   I began with the premise that any program ...
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  Beyond the World’s End: Post-Credits Stingers in the Pirates of the Caribbean Movies

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  Wilson Koh National University of Singapore

  June 17, 2011

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  figure in the background. In effect, the family’s actual reunion is deferred at this last possible ...
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  Summer Binging: What will it make you do?

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  Christine Becker University of Notre Dame

  July 16, 2010

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  Summer Binging: What will it make you do? television schedule spectatorship network television DVD cable television Curator's Note This delicious promo offers much to deconstruct (woe be upon the forever over-identifying female spectator), but to tie ...
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  Netflix and Rethinking Ritualized Consumption of Audiovisual Content

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  Ariane Lebot Tisch School of the Arts, New York University

  December 03, 2013

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  Netflix and Rethinking Ritualized Consumption of Audiovisual Content spectatorship Netflix binge-watching Curator's Note This promotional clip for IFC’s Portlandia testifies to the acknowledgment of binge-watching as a widespread practice, as its com ...
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  Performing Stardom

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  James Harvey-Davitt Anglia Ruskin University

  April 21, 2015

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  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 ...