Are networked fitness-tracking apps another tool to preserve male hegemony? Rebecca Feasey pokes at the latest trend in MAMIL (Middle-Aged Man In Lycra)–ian behavior.
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Archive for January, 2016
The New Hegemonic Hierarchy: Tracking (Men’s) Athletic Activity
“Real” Transmedia: Cultures and Communities of Cross-Platform Media in Colombia
Transmedia is more than just a tool for commercial industries. Matt Freeman looks at South American views and uses of transmedia to rethink its contributions to cultural memory and political history.
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Serial Goes Missing
Neil Verma discusses how Serial host Sarah Koenig's obsession was the real protagonist of the podcast's first season, and how the new second season differs narratively and tonally because she tells the story without becoming a character in it.
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The Force Re-Awakens: Star Wars, Repetition, and Nostalgia, Part 2
In Part 2 of 2, it's asked what repetition or originality even mean in a sequel, and how The Force Awakens is "nostalgic."
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The Force Re-Awakens: Star Wars, Repetition, and Nostalgia, Part 1
What's new about The Force Awakens? Amidst criticisms of the film's adherence to A New Hope, is it all just repetition?
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Original or Exclusive? Shifts in Television Financing and Distribution Shift Meanings
In addition to increasing the possible objects of study, broadband-distributed television services have introduced new challenges to grounding the television shows we study in their industrial milieu.
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