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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? ... question I have for readers is so what? Even through this one-sided presentation that offers citizens ... won’t always be duped by one-sided appeals? Does hearing the city’s side of the issue still help us as ...
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  Righteous Anger and the Fear of a Black Planet in Taxi Driver

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  Greg Oguss University of Southern California

  March 20, 2008

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  a commentary on the “Black is Beautiful” era, which dates back to James Brown’s 1968 hit “Say It Loud (I’m ... Black and I’m Proud),” a song that became the soundtrack to the following decade, featuring ...
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  “You Got No Idea What’s Goin’ On On That Island!”: What SNL Can Teach Us About Lost

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  Ivan Askwith Big Spaceship

  February 13, 2008

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  gender focus, but I’m willing to bet it’s not an accidental one.) ...
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  (Asian American?) Hip Hop: Cool Calm Pete’s “Black Friday”

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  Jane Park University of Oklahoma

  April 29, 2008

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  "represent" that aspect of his identity? On a side note, I also think it's quite telling with regard to ... the globalization (and to some extent deracialization- but not toward the side of default whiteness) ...
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  Britz: Muslims and Postmodern Media after 9/11

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  Ashwani Sharma University of East London

  April 16, 2008

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  drama with the burning of the Union Jack flag and the refrain 'Whose side are you on?' ... with the refrain 'Whose side are you on?', while being framed by an ideologically problematic ...
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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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  Bamako

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  Olivier Tchouaffe University of Texas at Austin

  April 07, 2008

  4 comments

  economic and social justice are at stake? Bamako sides with people by recognizing the necessity to go ...
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  From Lovebot to War Bride: Race, Family and Citizenship in Battlestar Galactica

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  LeiLani Nishime Sonoma State University

  May 02, 2008

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  seen as racialized anger (“You hate me for what I am. You hate me for where I’m from.”) What, too, are ...
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  Transgression, Confession, and Ying Yang Twins’s “Wait (The Whisper Song)”

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  Michael Z. Newman University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee

  February 20, 2008

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  cultural values and norms. I think this last benefit in particular is what I’m getting from telling you how ...
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  “What Steven Wants: Gestural Computing, Digital Manual Labor, and the Boom! Moment”

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  Lisa Nakamura University of Illinois, Urbana Champaign

  March 11, 2008

  finger, and scroll,” and “You can see what I’m doing with my finger” augments the visual and tactile ...

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