One of the most frustrating aspects of left-leaning political reform is the constant threat of splintered interests and divergent tactics. Your post has brought to light for me how important is a consideration of minority groups and access. So I went loo ...
Thanks for a great concluding post for the policy week. We've gone from bottom-up regulation to a prime example of how policy may be employed to control media texts from the top. Key questions persist--namely how to better encourage public debate ab ...
Thanks, Josh, for an introduction to an important area of inquiry that intimidates me as much as it begs attention. There is one sentence here that I keep reading, and re-reading, and I wonder if you could venture a few more words about it: "Cultura ...
I'm a Stewart fan, but I must admit that the final note of this clip leaves me a bit despondent. Is the eduction of the public enough in this instance? What action does this clip inspire the public to take? That said, I'm not trying to make J ...
Bill, Thanks for getting this week off to such a fun start. I am sure I cannot be alone in my delight at descending into the spiral of web-trickery with each link I clicked. I recently read an editorial advising against formal industry regulation of the ...
Your reference to the pairing of older action stars with younger ones has me curious about the periodization of the hyper-masculine action star. Stallone, Lundgren, Schwarzenegger weren't just big, they were on steroids (imagistically and likely som ...
I love the notion of "uglification" because it demands a consideration of normative standards--standards that may change over time but that generally remain outside the ability of one person to alter. Uglification also invites a question of th ...
Your post inspired a spirited debate with a colleague (always a pleasure) that led me to ponder the view of able-bodiedness in Pixar's Wall-E. I'm not quite sure how to categorize the genre of Wall- E, though it is certainly more akin to scienc ...
One quick note--the part of this discussion that jumps out at me is the question of time. As one commenter noted, this video is already outdated--Gaga and her persona are in constant transition. Consider how her shift to decreasing levels of undress has ...
The part that most intrigues me here is the element of community that the web seems to provide. That the web provides some sort of public sphere is not new--but that it can allow viewers new to an old program to recreate a community of fellow viewers dur ...
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