The reconfiguration of the economy will no doubt the theme of the next few years, perhaps the next few decades. What is interesting is to see the emphasis on these microcompanies that are artisinal in production. Given that the 20th century was supposed t ...
Interesting clip. The prospect of movement through an online exploitation of social network is rather new and I wonder if we are in a "working through" movement more than anything else. Yes, I share the same amount of reservations and, yes, the ...
I want to go back to the tone of this video because the tone is so reminiscent of 1997 when thefirst Internet Bubble seemed to be at its most potent. Those were the days when you walked into a bike shop in San Francisco and heard people working on you ten ...
From what I understand, the standard trope in electoral politics is that negative campaigning works better for conservatives than liberals because negative campaigns diminish the turnout of progressives. When the tactic is turned on conservatives, on the ...
Of the many things you can say about journalists today is that one of the few that actually keep a physical beat are sports journalists. I have seen the entirety of Bissinger's complaint and while I don't agree with all that he says about bloggi ...
I can definitely see a boomer watching those episodes of Idol that bring in older artists with his or her gen y kid and telling him or her about these artists, pulling out the records while the child rolls their eyes. As popular pedagogy goes, at least th ...
In the last few years I have taught three seminars on the issue of urbanity and the, invariably, a student in each of these classes decides to write about Las Vegas as their city of choice. The reason in each and every one: CSI Las Vegas. It's always ...
The issue of "televisual pleasure" and "in-the-know" textuality is rampant throughout this spot. In fact, I would argue that this isn't the subtext, but the dominant text. Sure, it's a commercial about a weight-management dri ...
Actually, Avi, I am happy that you picked up on this. Indeed, the idea of text sharing and the way that this presented as somehow familiar is part of what I am dealing with at some level. I concerns about asynchronous communication is not new by any means ...
Of course, you could apply this lesson to all kinds of commercial media, i.e. what do the advertisements tell us about who the broadcaster and advertisers think their audience is and what their daily fears consist of. Thanks for the solid lesson in " ...
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Artisinal Work and Microcompanies
Exploiting what's given or the need for new tools
That "Obama Optimism" and the New Bubble
Emboldened Conservatives
Bissinger's Rant
I can definitely see a
In the last few years I have
The issue of "televisual
Actually, Avi, I am happy
Of course, you could apply
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