Archive for October, 2011

Nativist Stylebook Dictates News Writing

October 7, 2011
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Nativist Stylebook Dictates News Writing

New immigration laws in Alabama are forcing schools to report the immigrant status of children and making unenforceable most contracts between citizens and undocumented immigrants and impacting Latina/o populations in the process. In this context, we must move away from the "i" word--illegal--when discussing undocumented workers and citizens.
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Cloudy with a Chance of Media

October 6, 2011
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Cloudy with a Chance of Media

Music in the cloud services, such as Apple's iCloud, are a specific snapshot of music as a cultural commodity, one that sees music as indelibly networked to certain providers and technologies.
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All the Single Academics

October 5, 2011
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All the Single Academics

This piece attempts to challenge the stereotypes that single academics can write all the time (or any time we want), are free from family responsibility, and somehow have it “easier” than other academics.
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Still late to the party? TV adaptation modes for foreign audiences

October 3, 2011
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Still late to the party? TV adaptation modes for foreign audiences

Are Italian audiences different from American audiences because they are culturally and linguistically dissimilar or because local distribution choices affect their consumption of a given audiovisual product?
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The Distribution of Sympathy and the Death Penalty

October 2, 2011
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The Distribution of Sympathy and the Death Penalty

On September 21, both Troy Davis and Russell Brewer were executed in Texas. Despite differences, the two cases both demonstrate inequalities in the way individuals are able to appear as victims (or perpetrators) within legal procedure and decisions.
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R.E.M 1980-2011

October 1, 2011
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R.E.M 1980-2011

By the time they announced their breakup, R.E.M. had become so taken for granted that it was easy to poke fun. Yet, as the effusive post-mortems everywhere suggest, they became an institution for a reason
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