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  FarmVille: The Garden in the Machine

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  Ted Friedman Georgia State University

  December 08, 2010

  7 comments

  FarmVille: The Garden in the Machine simulation postmodernism gaming farmville Facebook Curator's Note 57.6 million Facebook users play FarmVille. Granted, not all of them are people.  Two are my cats, Noisy and Pilot Squeaky. In FarmVille, it helps ...
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  Re: The Flourish

  The rhetoric of fairness

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  Ken McAllister University of Arizona

  Monday, December 6, 2010 — 6:13 pm

  literally earn their living and are actively denied access to the marketplace except as embodied means of ...
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  The Flourish

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  Simon Ferrari Georgia Institute of Technology

  December 06, 2010

  4 comments

  The Flourish street fighter procedural rhetoric e-sports Curator's Note Debates rage about the social and political functions of videogames. Videogames allow us to enter the bodies and minds of virtual others, explore worlds that exist only in the im ...
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  Framing Soccer for the Network Era: ABC and the Challenge to Nationally Broadcast the North American Soccer League, 1979-1981

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  Eric Dewberry Georgia State University

  November 12, 2010

  1 comment

  realized, as soccer earned a paltry 2.6 average ratings share, which paled in comparison to Monday Night ...
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  Poaching highlights: The curious case of NFL Network’s RedZone channel

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  Harper Cossar Georgia State University

  November 11, 2010

  being broadcast live by those licensees. Why would the NFL, which makes billions in earnings—much of ...
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  Re: The Goal Felt 'Round the States: Reaction Videos as Sites of National Unity

  "USA.. USA"

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  Sean Geoghegan Cardiff University

  Monday, November 8, 2010 — 4:19 pm

  premiership here currently dictates that we expect wins even when we do not deserve to get them. As a Spurs ...
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  The Goal Felt 'Round the States: Reaction Videos as Sites of National Unity

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  Charlotte Howell University of Texas at Austin

  November 08, 2010

  3 comments

  Landon Donovan’s game-winning stoppage time goal against Algeria, most linking to this video.  The ...
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  Stoking xenophobia to win the hearts and minds of Ohioans

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  Sheryl Cunningham Wittenberg University

  November 02, 2010

  1 comment

  Stoking xenophobia to win the hearts and minds of Ohioans xenophobia Third persona Ohio politics ...
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  U.S. Midterm Elections

  November 01, 2010 to November 06, 2010
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  Re: Race Horse as Rock Star: Fandom and Zenyatta

  Horse Consciousness

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  Holly Kruse Rogers State University

  Tuesday, October 5, 2010 — 9:17 pm

  prances in the paddock and "acknowledges the crowd" after her wins.  It's a thread that ...

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