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  An Autobiography of an Autobiographic Medium

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  Daniel C. Faltesek Oregon State University

  May 04, 2012

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  their S-1 Facebook wrote an autobiography in the style of the Timeline. On the left side of the ... timeline, technical features and revenue; on the right side of the timeline, the estimated number of monthly ... resistance against the estrangement of surveillance, and the possibility that the idea of Facebook from the ...
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  Meanwhile is Big but not Boundless

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  Mark Sample George Mason University

  February 22, 2012

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  Curator's Note Crammed with nearly 4,000 possible storylines, Jason Shiga's Meanwhile (2010) is ... Meanwhile presents an edge case for digital comics. Reading the two texts side-by-side raises a number of ...
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  Politics Is Funny, But Nothing To Laugh At: The Daily Show And Its Limits

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  Sudeep Sharma UCLA

  August 22, 2012

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  overall media climate where the possibility of politics to produce meaningful, systemic change is a joke. ... being jerks or unaware of the other side’s argument, seems to be difficult for Stewart, and The Daily ... limiting the possibility of politics, both The Daily Show and the media it ridicules contribute to ...
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  On Writing After the Death of Print

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  John Bresland Northwestern University

  February 07, 2012

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  mainly, about the death of print. As this grieving process continues, as we accept our digital fate, I’m ... virtues, it answers the question I’m most frequently asked about the video essay: Are images replacing ...
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  I have an Army/We have a Hulk: Thinking Politics in The Avengers

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  john a. sweeney University of Hawaii at Manoa, Dept. of Political Science

  May 09, 2012

  4 comments

  conditions of possibility for politics in our historical moment, specifically as bodies subject to the ... possibility for politics yoked to presencing a mutative capacity? Is there an inherent horror to politics? ... antagonist. After Iron Man coolly outlines the sides, Loki brazenly retorts, "I have an army" to ...
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  Lit

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  Eric LeMay Ohio University

  February 10, 2012

  3 comments

  possibilities for digital literature.  Backlit, the glowing screen becomes a vehicle for meditative, even ... that’s not only possible, but powerful.  Here’s work that’s luminous.  That’s lit, in the best sense.  ...
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  “They’re Coming…” Innovation and the Diffusion of iPads in Higher Education

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  Megan Mullen University of Wisconsin-Parkside

  May 23, 2012

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  Rogers, Everett, Marshall iPad innovation Apple Curator's Note I’m part of a campus iPad pilot. ... possibility of our institution becoming an iPad campus. Then, instead of citing cost as their main reason for ...
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  The Sports Life of the Political

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  Brian Price University of Toronto

  April 04, 2012

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  the national presence of a university on television makes it possible to recruit good faculty because ... programs instead of us, then we will continue to occupy the losing side of the jock/nerd dynamic. Instead, ...
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  Secondary Markets and Digital Media

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  Gregory Steirer Dickinson College

  May 30, 2012

  5 comments

  market penetration than the supply-side pricing of primary markets. Though the increased economic ... The possibility of an alternative DRM that enables secondary sales is thus ruled out in advance, since ...
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  Relocating The Grindhouse: Cinemageddon and Exploitation Cinema In The 21st Century

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  Mike Van Esler University of Kansas

  December 20, 2012

  in the 1980s, Times Square’s reputation as the sleazy side of the city began to wane with the ... further when one visits the site’s forums, which offer a wide variety of discussion possibilities. Perhaps ...

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