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  Asians Can Dance ~ Check out: JabbaWockeeZ, Kaba Modern, and Planet B-Boy

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  L.S. Kim University of California, Santa Cruz

  April 29, 2008

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  as the director of the new documentary PLANET B-BOY (planetbboy.com) astonished when he learned that ...
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  Re: Asians Can Dance ~ Check out: JabbaWockeeZ, Kaba Modern, and Planet B-Boy

  Hi L.S.- I enjoyed your

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  Shalini Shankar Northwestern University

  Tuesday, April 29, 2008 — 10:38 pm

  MTV is so controlling about their videos circulating. I would be very curious to learn more about ...
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  “She Might Like to be a Veterinarian”: Parents, Parent Companies, and the Princess Movement

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  Caryn Murphy University of Wisconsin, Madison

  May 06, 2008

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  “She Might Like to be a Veterinarian”: Parents, Parent Companies, and the Princess Movement world building transmedia toys marketing Good Morning America gender Disney children Curator's Note When I caught this segment on Good Morning America last sp ...
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  Re: “She Might Like to be a Veterinarian”: Parents, Parent Companies, and the Princess Movement

  The creation and regulation

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  Will Brooker Kingston University

  Tuesday, May 6, 2008 — 8:37 pm

  What are little girls in 2008 going to learn from Snow White, whose character seems to have been ...
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  Re: “She Might Like to be a Veterinarian”: Parents, Parent Companies, and the Princess Movement

  This is a great clip,

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  Derek Johnson University of Wisconsin, Madison

  Wednesday, May 7, 2008 — 2:25 am

  this adult market addressed in this (ahem) news story, because my imagination is running wild. And what ...
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  “Sometimes My Kids Seem Like a Bunch of Kangaroos!”

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  Henry Jenkins Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism, University of Southern California

  May 07, 2008

  6 comments

  conceptions of the child embraced pleasure as a positive motivation for exploration and learning. The home was ...
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  “The Legend of G.I. Joe…New from Marvel Comics!”: The Toy as Comic Book on Television

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  Derek Johnson University of Wisconsin, Madison

  May 08, 2008

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  “The Legend of G.I. Joe…New from Marvel Comics!”: The Toy as Comic Book on Television comic books commercials convergence cultural products FCC G.I. Joe Hasbro marketing Marvel Enterprises narrative play regulation toys transmedia storytelling Curator ...
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  Re: “The Legend of G.I. Joe…New from Marvel Comics!”: The Toy as Comic Book on Television

  This is a fascinating piece,

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  Caryn Murphy University of Wisconsin, Madison

  Thursday, May 8, 2008 — 10:56 pm

  Or did Hasbro continue to run more direct advertisements for the toy line alongside these ...
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  “‘Save Me Captain Stubing! Skeletor and The Lone Ranger have joined forces and are attacking the General Lee’: The place of play

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  Avi Santo Old Dominion University

  May 09, 2008

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  “‘Save Me Captain Stubing! Skeletor and The Lone Ranger have joined forces and are attacking the General Lee’: The place of play commercials toys play transmedia children Transformers underoos Superman Hulk G.I. Joe Captain Action Mattell Hasbro Marvel En ...
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  Re: “Sometimes My Kids Seem Like a Bunch of Kangaroos!”

  Henry, I'm really taken by

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  Derek Johnson University of Wisconsin, Madison

  Sunday, May 11, 2008 — 2:35 am

  commercials for Leap Frog learning computers, for example, which try to recuperate video games, transforming ... them from a bad object to a space that can be used for learning. Telecom providers repeatedly emphasize ...

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