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Politics
What Are You Missing? Apr 28 – May 11
Two Futures for Football
The new findings on player concussions have caused an onslaught of negative media attention for the NFL, and may soon bring the sport of professional football to a crucial crossroads.
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The Domestic Apolitics of 1600 Penn
NBC's new First Family sitcom, 1600 Penn, is surprisingly devoid of conventional political engagement, instead relying on traditional domestic comedy in the form of interpersonal conflict.
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Crowdsourcing as Consultation: Branding History at Canada’s Museum of Civilization (Part II)
As the Canadian Museum of Civilization transforms into the Canadian Museum of History, it seems that meaningful conversations about historical issues that are actually formative of Canadian culture are less compelling than the $25 million incentive that comes with the tunnel vision of the Ministry of Heritage.
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Crowdsourcing as Consultation: Branding History at Canada’s Museum of Civilization (Part I)
Canada’s sesquicentennial is eagerly anticipated by Canada’s Conservative government, which is planning a series of commemorative events. The trouble is, these events are contrived to commemorate the Conservative government far more than the nation’s glorious (or inglorious) pasts.
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John Fiske on the Politics of Aesthetics
What political investments are written into discursive analysis? What is the relationship between media literacy and aesthetic analysis?
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From Henry VIII to Flash Mobs: Branding Britain at London 2012
What image is Britain out to portray on the international stage with its branding of "GREAT Britain" for the London Olympics?
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Adaptation by Remix: Vidding Feminist Science Fiction
The video “Parable” by Chaila is a fascinating example of what the crossover of fandom and political engagement can achieve.
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Glenn Beck’s Legacy for Television News
Glenn Beck's departure from Fox News does not mean he truly leaves the network. Cable television news has been fundamentally changed as a result of his presence. We look back at Beck's legacy and what that means for television news.
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Spaces of Speculation: How We Learned Osama Bin Laden Was Dead
As one of the first events of this magnitude that has taken place squarely within the Twitter era, Osama Bin Laden's death reveals the challenge facing traditional media outlets when Twitter runs rampant with speculation (and real reporting).
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Reflections on the Challenger Disaster 25 Years Later
25 years ago today, one of the most significant tragedy-induced media events of the twentieth century took place: the Challenger Disaster.
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Unsolved Mysteries of 9/11
Signs of a deep and abiding popular skepticism toward the official conspiracy narrative of the 9/11 attacks continue rhizomically to proliferate through our media culture nearly a decade after the Mother of All Media Events.
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Racist Rants as Rebranding Strategies
Juan Williams, Laura Schlessinger, Lou Dobbs, and Don Imus all used racially insensitive comments to renew flagging careers and reinvent themselves for a changed media environment. It's rebranding through racism.
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WikiLeaks “Bombshell”: The CBC is the Enemy
Considering the revelations which could emerge from WikiLeaks, news that U.S. Embassy Officials in Canada were vilifying CBC's fictional programming was...unexpected.
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Dancing with Democracy
While controversy is nothing new for reality TV, the political overtones of Bristol Palin's run on Dancing with the Stars illuminate the genre's tenuous relationship with the principles of democracy.
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