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  Distorting the Pain of Others

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  Peter Snowdon MAD Faculty, PXL/University of Hasselt, Belgium

  April 04, 2014

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  Distorting the Pain of Others Syria revolution distortion compression Circulating pain Curator's Note This video of two Syrian protesters being beaten up by pro-regime thugs in the Umayyad Mosque, Damascus, on 18 March 2011 demands our attention, bot ...
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  "Rape Culture" and the Social Media

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  April Cobos Old Dominion University

  March 31, 2014

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  "Rape Culture" and the Social Media social media sexual assault Circulating pain Curator's Note This is a large portion of the video made by a friend of one of the convicted men in the Steubenville rape case after he received photographs of ...
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  What About Boys? Affirmative Consent in American Teen Films

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  Michele Meek, Ph.D. Bridgewater State University

  December 07, 2020

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  What About Boys? Affirmative Consent in American Teen Films sexual consent masculinity sexuality Adolescence Curator's Note Although, over the years, teen films have been criticized for their poor handling of sexual consent, more recent teen movies c ...
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  Extreme Action at the Limits of Endurance

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  Adam Cottrel Georgia State University

  May 09, 2014

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  Extreme Action at the Limits of Endurance sport extreme cinema endurance embodiment documentary body athletics Curator's Note Running on the Sun: The Badwater 135 (2000), a film by Mel Stuart documenting the 1999 Badwater 135 ultramarathon, follows a ...
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  IRREVERSIBLE: The Climactic Sequence's Flight to Abstract Rapture

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  Tim Palmer UNC Wilmington

  May 08, 2014

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  IRREVERSIBLE: The Climactic Sequence's Flight to Abstract Rapture Gaspar Noé Film style extreme cinema cinéma du corps/cinema of the body avant-garde Curator's Note Hostility and aversion typically greet the designs of the contemporary French ci ...
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  The UFC’s Phantom Cam: Refining the Spectacle of Corporeal Damage and Durability

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  Matthew Ferrari University of Massachusetts - Amherst

  April 03, 2014

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  The UFC’s Phantom Cam: Refining the Spectacle of Corporeal Damage and Durability Circulating pain CTE Instagram MMA spectacle sports coverage twitter UFC violence Curator's Note “Phantom” cameras enabling super slow-motion are now commonplace from ma ...
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  Idiot Media: The Culture of NekNomination Videos

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  Tanya Horeck & Tina Kendall Anglia Ruskin University

  April 02, 2014

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  Idiot Media: The Culture of NekNomination Videos social media Circulating pain affect Curator's Note NekNomination videos – a social media drinking game which involves (mainly) young men drinking potentially lethal combinations of alcohol and then is ...
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  Transformational Exchange of Cultural Values through Cooperative Play in 'Never Alone'

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  Tanya Zuk Georgia State University

  April 11, 2017

  Transformational Exchange of Cultural Values through Cooperative Play in 'Never Alone' transformative games never alone Indigenous games cooperative play Curator's Note Game mechanics are a primary method of incorporating embodied storytell ...
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  Carrie Fisher Sent Me

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  Tanya Zuk Georgia State University

  September 14, 2017

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  Carrie Fisher Sent Me Star Wars political memes feminism fan activism Carrie Fisher Curator's Note The Women’s March on Washington was not intended as a fan activism event; it was not organized with media fandom, much less specifically Star Wars in m ...
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  Enterprising Parody?

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  Tanya Zuk Georgia State University

  October 17, 2017

  Enterprising Parody? Editorial Category 3 The Orville Star Trek parody genre Curator's Note The Orville has a categorization problem, a genre problem, and a marketing problem, but mostly it has a tone problem. Categorized as a “ space adventure serie ...

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