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  Re: The Console Wars: Platforms, Fanboys, and Gamer Identity

  What Defines a Gamer

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  Pete Rorabaugh Kennesaw State University

  Tuesday, August 30, 2016 — 3:30 pm

  devices not specifically designed for games (smart phones). The tangental side-features of the phone have ...
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  Trolls and a case of mistaken identity

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  Leslie Rasmussen Xavier University

  August 30, 2016

  younger Rasmussen. I’m a professor who studies social media, public relations, and advertising. I was ...
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  Is blocking a preemptive strategy?

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  Jacqueline Vickery University of North Texas

  September 01, 2016

  before she blocks them? Is it possible she had already been the target of harassment and she was tired of ... and which were misogynistic trolls? Because that sounds like a lot of time and work. I’m all for ... to block those who didn’t. I’m using Schumer as a controversial conversation starter, but it seems no ...
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  Re: Courting the Voter Through Instagram

  Dystopian Democracy

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  Brennan Collins Georgia State University

  Saturday, September 3, 2016 — 1:41 pm

  though do not reassure me of the promise of this democratic possibility. ...
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  Re: "The best thing about human beings is that they stack so neatly": Spectatorship and Platform Performativity from the White House to House of Cards

  Donald Trump as Andy Kaufman

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  Brennan Collins Georgia State University

  Saturday, September 3, 2016 — 2:23 pm

  The FU 2016 campaign immediately reminded me of the Andy Kaufman documentary I’m From Hollywood. ...
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  Memes as Subversion?

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  Robert McEachern Southern Connecticut State University

  September 05, 2016

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  Memes as Subversion? subversion PSAT memes Kermit Cosby Curator's Note In How the World Changed Social Media (2016), Miller et al. describe the results of ethnographies conducted in eight countries, exploring how social media is influenced by, and in ...
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  Re: Memes as Subversion?

  Yes! (But also...)

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  Lauren Michele Jackson University of Chicago

  Monday, September 12, 2016 — 1:15 pm

  normative behavior, but the punchline so to speak is in side-stepping it. But whether to call these type of ...
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  The 1980s Called – It Wants Its Vapidity Back: The VMAs go Vaporwave (Again)

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  Padraic Killeen National University of Ireland Galway

  September 14, 2016

  assimilation occurred at the 2016 MTV Video Music Awards, during Ariana Grande’s performance of Side To Side ...
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  “I guess I’m just taking a break…” Marvel’s Self-Reflexive World-Building

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  Dan Hassler-Forest Utrecht University

  September 17, 2016

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  “I guess I’m just taking a break…” Marvel’s Self-Reflexive World-Building Marvel Comic Books and ...
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  Who You Gonna Call When Production Companies Ignore Social Media Slime?

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  Tiffany A. Dykstra-DeVette West Virginia University

  September 25, 2016

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  Who You Gonna Call When Production Companies Ignore Social Media Slime? undefined Curator's Note What does it mean for any mainstream production company to be in consultation with their consumers? Ghostbusters (2016) is significant because it deviate ...

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