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"Game Change" and "Showgirls": Politics as Camp

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Michael Barthel University of Washington

August 21, 2012

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what possibilities open up? ...

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From Bartlet to Knope: Politics and instructional television

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Rossend Sanchez-Baro Universitat Pompeu Fabra

August 20, 2012

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From Bartlet to Knope: Politics and instructional television The West Wing Politics as Entertainment Leslie Knope Jed Bartlet instructional TV Curator's Note The West Wing seems to be a unique example in recent American television. Despite its long t ...

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Re: Doubting Science Along Party Lines: The Polarization of Climate Change

Polarization as an excuse to do nothing?

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Justin Owen Rawlins and Zenia Kish The University of Tulsa

Sunday, August 19, 2012 — 12:50 am

still-business-first Dem side) of which this law is only a more naked extension. I think that the Republican/Democrat ... apparently). Submitting American interests to anyone else is not possible in this two-party, corporate-funded ... polarization-as-stumbling-block is actually embraced by both sides as an excuse to continue to do nothing. ...

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Doubting Science Along Party Lines: The Polarization of Climate Change

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Emma Frances Bloomfield University of Nevada, Las Vegas

August 15, 2012

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Doubting Science Along Party Lines: The Polarization of Climate Change skepticism politics politicalization polarization news media global warming Environment entertainment Colbert Report climate change Curator's Note The catastrophic consequences of ...

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Chick-fil-A and the Rhetoric of Polarization

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Angela J. Aguayo Southern Illinois University, Carbondale

August 14, 2012

discomfort of loved ones on opposite sides requires citizens to be accountable for their beliefs in public. ...

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Re: "No More Origins": Memory, Trauma, and X-Men: First Class

Memory Loss, Time, and Sustainability

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Ian Peters University of North Georgia

Thursday, August 9, 2012 — 5:43 pm

their sequels, it is possible that the reaction against inconsistencies may be stronger this time ...

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"No More Origins": Memory, Trauma, and X-Men: First Class

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Wilson Koh National University of Singapore

August 09, 2012

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"No More Origins": Memory, Trauma, and X-Men: First Class superheroes franchises Film and Television Reboots cameos blockbuster Curator's Note In “Memories Out of Order: Thought Suppression and the Disturbance of Sequence Memory”, psycholog ...

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Re: Reboots, Remakes, and Adaptations

Sub-Franchises and Parent Franchises

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Ian Peters University of North Georgia

Monday, August 6, 2012 — 4:11 pm

complicates this. What I think needs to be clarified therefore is possibly the concept of multiple ... sub-franchises that may possibly exist within larger franchises that may be media specific (for example, Batman ...

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Re: Reboots, Remakes, and Adaptations