Bettina Soller
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Visibility
Thank you for a great post. In comparison to the toilet brushes Maria saw in Berlin, umbrellas might as well be used as a shield that protects protestors from being seen by photographers and members of the government. Were they ever used this way? From yo ... -
Skit and TV shows
Thank you Melody for pointing out the SNL skit. It is another good example of how one media text criticizes other forms of media practices. And it becomes telling here how delicate the balancing act is between laughing at the fact that the media dares to ... -
Scandal
Dear Danielle, as the assigned Scandal expert of our team I need to warn you. I believe the show has so much potential, but at times it gets really frustrating to watch. Specifically in relation to the figure of the FLOTUS. In all of the shows we investig ... -
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Thank you so much for your great post. I don't have much to add, but like Siobhan Senier, I think it is very interesting to juxtapose the initiative of the government with the efforts of groups and individuals outside of government that use social me ... -
democratic archives
Thank you so much for a thought-provoking post. I still have to think about this more, but I find it interesting that access to material and specifically digital archives are generally perceived as democratic and therefore inherently good. This ignores th ... -
'conspiratorial' television and soap opera
Hey Felix, I was just wondering if you have thought about analogies between these kinds of audience activities that are spurred by 'conspiratorial' television and other formats, as for example soap operas. It seems to me that while the informati ...