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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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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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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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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: "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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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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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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