Chris Tokuhama
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Hoaxing as Epistemological Tool?
I wonder if it is productive here to separate out news outlets like Huff Po, Gawker, and TMZ from sources like CNN, ABC, etc.? Although we can certainly talk about the way in which all news outlets are competing for business in the current climate and how ... -
Final Thoughts on Media Literacy and Hoaxing
The point about the crafting of online presentation/personalities/profiles is apt here, I think, as it begins to interrogate exactly what it is about the nature of fabrication that troubles us: is it fair to place editing of information on some sort of co ... -
Surveying the Scene
Reading through this week’s posts, I was reminded of an Emily Dickinson poem that I often reference when discussing topics related to reality television and contemporary engagement with media: "The show is not the show, But they that go. Menagerie to ... -
Re: Word Slippage and the Nature of the Hoax
Laurel, Your thoughts on the "mockumentary" and the cluster of words that surround "hoax" point to an interesting thought: how are satire, parody, and hoax in conversation with one another with regard to deceptive practices and the &qu ... -
Tomb Raider and Postfeminism?
For me, Prachett's comments speak to a potentially fruitful area for discussion regarding authorial intent and player response. What do we make of a gaming audience that continues to be largely male? Do the majority of Tomb Raider's players real ... -
The Ongoing Debate about Dunham's Weight
Regarding the Hannah Horvath thing, I also muse on the nature of the relationship between Adam and Hannah in order to consider how Adam continually picks up on Hannah's underlying current of self-hatred (or at least dissatisfaction) as the sex scenes ... -
Minorities as Teacher Figures?
Like Ashar I am hesitant to make any firm statements before seeing how this all plays out on the show itself but I am incredibly interested in Hannah's response to this charge. I think that there is something very telling about the way in which Dunha ... -
The Torture of Torture Porn
I think that you gesture toward an overall sensibility with the connection between Saw and Abu Ghraib but I also think that the phenomenon that you are trying to investigate is larger. Part of the challenge here is that the easy comparison is torture to t ...