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Ashley Madison, Rentboy, and Dirty, Dirty Internet Sex

August 31, 2015
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Ashley Madison, Rentboy, and Dirty, Dirty Internet Sex

The Ashley Madison data breach and Rentboy's federally mandated closure underline Americans' ongoing problems with intimacy and digital technology and ultimately function as flare-ups in a perennial debate about whom and how people should desire and be.
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Liveness with a Lag: Temporality & Streaming Television [Part 2]

August 13, 2012
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Liveness with a Lag: Temporality & Streaming Television [Part 2]

Devices like Roku that sync existing television sets with the Internet are imperfect technologies.
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Liveness with a Lag: Temporality & Streaming Television [Part 1]

August 9, 2012
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Liveness with a Lag: Temporality & Streaming Television [Part 1]

I invested in a Roku box to reduce costs by streaming television over the Internet rather than paying for cable. Mission accomplished? Kind of.
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