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Late to the Party: Myst and Why You Can Never Go Home Again

December 1, 2010
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Late to the Party: <em>Myst</em> and Why You Can Never Go Home Again

Welcome to our new feature, Late to the Party. Each week, our contributors will consume and report on a canonical or otherwise significant piece of media that they have missed until now. Next up: Kyra Glass von der Osten on Myst.
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What Are You Missing? November 7-20

November 21, 2010
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What Are You Missing? November 7-20

Ten (or more) media industry stories you might have missed recently.
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Late to the Party: Twin Peaks (1990-91)

November 17, 2010
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Late to the Party: <i>Twin Peaks</i> (1990-91)

Welcome to our new feature, Late to the Party. Each week, our contributors will consume and report on a canonical or otherwise significant piece of media that they have missed until now. First up: Myles McNutt on Twin Peaks.
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Replying with the Enemy: Showrunners on Twitter II

November 11, 2010
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Replying with the Enemy: Showrunners on Twitter II

For showrunners, the risks and rewards of replying to Twitter users are magnified: replying could create a sense of a personal relationship with their followers, but getting into long conversations with fans (especially antagonistic fans) could spark controversy.
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What Are You Missing? Oct 24-Nov 6

November 7, 2010
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What Are You Missing? Oct 24-Nov 6

Ten (or more) media industry stories you might have missed recently.
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Are Bodies Politically Meaningful? Report from The Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear

November 1, 2010
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Are Bodies Politically Meaningful? Report from The Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear

What is the meaning of political bodies in a hypermediated world? If five hundred thousand of my best friends show up and the New York Times doesn't know how to read us, has Sanity occurred? A report from the Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear.
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Report from the Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear

October 31, 2010
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Report from the Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear

A first-hand account of Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert's gathering on the National Mall.
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Report From Internet Research 11

October 25, 2010
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Report From Internet Research 11

IR 11 is wildly interdisciplinary, tied together largely by research topic, leading to a number of fascinating connections, disjunctures, and challenges.
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What Are You Missing? Oct 10-23

October 24, 2010
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What Are You Missing? Oct 10-23

Ten (or more) media industry stories you might have missed recently.
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Mr. Draper’s Wild Ride: “Tomorrowland” and Mad Men’s Season in Review

October 18, 2010
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Mr. Draper’s Wild Ride: “Tomorrowland” and Mad Men’s Season in Review

As Mad Men's fourth season comes to a close, we look back on what Antenna contributors have had to say, and how it reflects on the eventful finale.
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What Do You Think? The Chilean Mine Rescue

October 15, 2010
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What Do You Think? The Chilean Mine Rescue

The rescue of a group of Chilean miners this week has become a media phenomenon. We want your opinion on it all.
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“Those Kinds of Shenanigans”: Mad Men’s “Blowing Smoke”

October 12, 2010
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“Those Kinds of Shenanigans”: Mad Men’s “Blowing Smoke”

This season, Mad Men, and its mad men and women, have been on a quest to redefine what advertising is, dramatizing the radical changes that the field underwent during the 1960s.
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Glee as Integrated Musical (Finally!)

October 7, 2010
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Glee as Integrated Musical (Finally!)

“Grilled Cheesus” is one of the few Glee episodes to not only establish, but also to play with, the opposition between dream world and real world in the musical.
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