Marusya Bociurkiw

Ryerson University, Toronto

http://marusya.ca

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Wild Thing: HDTV and the Demasculinized Male Viewer

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Marusya Bociurkiw Ryerson University, Toronto

October 09, 2009
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Wild Thing: HDTV and the Demasculinized Male Viewer gender advertising HDTV social discourse Curator's Note Throughout the history of television advertising, anxieties about technological change have frequently been accompanied by gendered anxieties, ...

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In Media Res

Re: “Is This My New TV?”: Divides in the Digital Transition

Particpatory Culture

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Marusya Bociurkiw Ryerson University, Toronto

Friday, October 9, 2009 — 2:51 am
Henry Jenkins coined the term "participatory culture" and alludes to the real lack of convergence that exists between all of our different media gadgets and platforms, demanding very high technical skills sets of audiences. So I find it interest ...
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Re: Convert Now! Crowdsourcing DTV Outreach

Max, I'm glad to see some

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Marusya Bociurkiw Ryerson University, Toronto

Monday, October 12, 2009 — 11:24 pm
Max, I'm glad to see some ideological critique of HD conversion. As far back as the early 80's, some pundits suggested that HDTV would provide television audiences with such intense viewing experiences that audience members will want to continue ...
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Re: It' so butch and femme: Reexamining Gender Representation on "The L Word"

I am struck, in this

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Marusya Bociurkiw Ryerson University, Toronto

Tuesday, October 13, 2009 — 3:02 pm
I am struck, in this discussion, with our own (as queer academic fans, loosely defined) continued engagement with the terms of authenticity. It would seem to me that it's fantasy and not authenticity that is The L Word's strength. (and it' ...