
In Media Res
This week’s In Media Res line-up:
Monday, February 23, 2009 – Greg M. Smith (Georgia State University) presents: “Masking the Difficulties of the Superhero Film Adaptation”
Tuesday, February 24, 2009 – Tamara Vukov ( McGill University) presents: “Viral shock and spectacle in the policing of borders: The Youtube Taser Death of Robert Dziekanski”
Wednesday, February 25, 2009 – Sam Ford (Research Affiliate, MIT Convergence Culture Consortium) presents: “'You Wind Her Up, She Bakes'...The (Increasingly Sparse) Moments Longtime Soaps Fans Still Watch For”
Thursday, February 26, 2009 – Richard Edwards (Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis) presents: “The Virality of Hope: Shepard Fairey and Brand Obama”
Friday, February 27, 2009 – Kristina Busse (University of South Alabama) presents: “Class as Magical Realism in Beautiful People”
Please check out these wonderful contributions and offer your thoughts via a comment.