Christopher M. Cox

PhD Student in CommunicationGeorgia State University

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Get Smart: Television and Programmatic Advertising in the Internet of Things

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Christopher M. Cox Georgia State University

October 29, 2015
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Get Smart: Television and Programmatic Advertising in the Internet of Things television Internet of Things Big Data advertising Curator's Note Since 2011, Samsung has coupled its SmartHub platform with Smart TVs (television hardware with integrated i ...
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Mite Club: Metatextuality, Fandom, and Media Industry Responses in Batman: The Brave and the Bold

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Christopher M. Cox Georgia State University

February 03, 2015
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Mite Club: Metatextuality, Fandom, and Media Industry Responses in Batman: The Brave and the Bold superheroes metafiction media industries fandom Batman on TV Batman animation American Serial Television Curator's Note Bat-Mite, self-described as Batm ...
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Fandom Referendum: Fan Cultures and Civic Embodiment

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Christopher M. Cox Georgia State University

November 03, 2014
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Fandom Referendum: Fan Cultures and Civic Embodiment Representing Democracy Curator's Note Pop culture conventions such as Comic-Con International (CCI) facilitate an increasingly frictionless relationship between fans and producers of cultural conte ...

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Re: The Internet of Things: Having, being, or being had?

Great analysis Remy. The

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Christopher M. Cox Georgia State University

Tuesday, October 27, 2015 — 7:10 pm
Great analysis Remy. The "being" mode of existence is especially potent for consideration as our lives not only become potentially more bound up in things, but that part of that binding is the operability of things relative to internet connectiv ...
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Re: Batgirl and Feminism: the 1972 Equal Pay Act PSA

Batgirl? It's HER Show

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Christopher M. Cox Georgia State University

Thursday, February 5, 2015 — 4:18 am
A coda to my piece on Bat-Mite from Tuesday could have very easily discussed patriarchal fanboy attitudes as exemplified by Bat-Mite's dismayed reaction to the in-episode trailer for a new CGI-rendered Batgirl animated series: "Batgirl? It' ...
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Re: Fandom Referendum: Fan Cultures and Civic Embodiment

Leslie's Collection of Books

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Christopher M. Cox Georgia State University

Sunday, November 9, 2014 — 7:04 pm
To take your point a bit further, one could argue that Leslie's workstation is a monument to her political fandom, adorned as it is with books (covers facing outwards) of Madeleine Albright, Hillary Clinton, and others, evoking the way in which pop c ...