Lyndsey Beutin

Doctoral student University of Pennsylvania, Annenberg School for Communication

lbeutin@asc.upenn.edu

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“I’m so angry that I made a sign”: Selfhood and Media Reflexivity in Occupy Protest Signs

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Lyndsey Beutin University of Pennsylvania, Annenberg School for Communication

May 03, 2012
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“I’m so angry that I made a sign”: Selfhood and Media Reflexivity in Occupy Protest Signs protest signs Occupy handmade Digital Media and the Autobiographical Impulse Curator's Note Personal stories popped up everywhere during the first two months of ...

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Re: Am I Ugly?: Female Beauty, Digital Media, and the True Me

pretty or ugly? ugly or pretty?

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Lyndsey Beutin University of Pennsylvania, Annenberg School for Communication

Tuesday, May 1, 2012 — 7:13 pm
Thank you for this post, Dara. I was struck by the anxiety of the girl in the second video. She seems to be using the video to work out what exactly she wants to get from her inquiry. It almost seemed like she wanted strangers to reinforce her certainty t ...
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Re: Taking Up Montaigne: The Essay in the Digital Age

Not knowing is knowing

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Lyndsey Beutin University of Pennsylvania, Annenberg School for Communication

Thursday, May 3, 2012 — 7:55 pm
Fascinating, Eric! What do you make of the deep breath and exhale that begin this piece? It suggested to me another way to read the essay form of "what do i know?" as "what do I know." That is, a statement of what is known, a taking st ...