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What Are You Missing? Aug 5 – Aug 18

August 18, 2013
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What Are You Missing? Aug 5 – Aug 18

Ten (or more) media industry news items you might have missed recently.
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From Mercury to Mars: War of the Worlds as Residual Radio

August 15, 2013
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From Mercury to Mars: <i>War of the Worlds</i> as Residual Radio

In Antenna's first post in the From Mercury to Mars: Orson Welles on Radio after 75 Years collaborative series with Sounding Out!, Eleanor Patterson explores how it is that we are still listening to the 1938 radio broadcast of "War of the Worlds" 75 years later, and in what ways its discursive and material...
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Embracing Fan Creativity in Transmedia Storytelling (LeakyCon Portland)

August 13, 2013
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Embracing Fan Creativity in Transmedia Storytelling (LeakyCon Portland)

LeakyCon's value lies in its participants’ willingness to forgo boundaries and to explore what new connections happen as a result of creative mergers and blendings.
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Breaking Bad Breakdown: Fast Forwarding

August 12, 2013
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Breaking Bad Breakdown: Fast Forwarding

Breaking Bad returns from almost a year off to reset our timeframes and set-up its endgame.
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Redefining the Performance of Masculinity at LeakyCon Portland

August 11, 2013
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Redefining the Performance of Masculinity at LeakyCon Portland

Part six of a seven-part series: LeakyCon’s space alters norms of masculine performance, creating a set of genderqueer performance aesthetics tailored to its fangirl attendees.
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From Mercury to Mars: Introducing Antenna’s New Radio Studies Series

August 9, 2013
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From Mercury to Mars: Introducing Antenna’s New Radio Studies Series

Antenna is pleased to announce the launch of a 12-part, 6-month long series entitled From Mercury to Mars: Orson Welles on Radio after 75 Years. A partnership between Antenna and Sounding Out!, the series is commemorating the 75th anniversary of the "War of the Worlds" broadcast this October by offering a range of critical...
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Teach Hacks: Creating Clips from DVDs

August 8, 2013
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Teach Hacks: Creating Clips from DVDs

Extracting clips from DVDs is and will continue to be a crucial skill for media educators and researchers even as cloud and streaming services threaten DVDs; here's how to do it.
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Inspiring Fans at LeakyCon Portland

August 7, 2013
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Inspiring Fans at LeakyCon Portland

Part 5 of a 7 part series on LeakyCon explores the ways fans and their creative labors influence the work of stars and producers of source texts.
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From LGBT to GSM: Gender and Sexual Identity among LeakyCon’s Queer Youth (LeakyCon Portland)

August 6, 2013
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From LGBT to GSM: Gender and Sexual Identity among LeakyCon’s Queer Youth (LeakyCon Portland)

Part 4 of a 7 part series: LeakyCon’s LGBT fandom offers insights into the millennial generation’s attitudes towards current gender/identity categories, but they also express desire for more recognition of the multiplicity and fluidity of their identities as a whole.
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What Are You Missing? July 22 – Aug 4

August 4, 2013
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What Are You Missing? July 22 – Aug 4

Ten (or more) media industry news items you might have missed recently.
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Fans and Stars and Starkids (LeakyCon Portland)

August 2, 2013
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Fans and Stars and Starkids (LeakyCon Portland)

Part 3 of a 7 part series on LeakyCon focuses on the production of fandom by the "Starkids" theater troupe as well as those fans who call themselves simply "Starkids."
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On Wearing Two Badges: Indifference and Discomfort of a Scholar Fan (LeakyCon Portland)

July 31, 2013
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On Wearing Two Badges: Indifference and Discomfort of a Scholar Fan (LeakyCon Portland)

Part 2 of a 7 part series on LeakyCon focuses on the struggles of being both an academic and a fan.
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LeakyCon Portland: Where the Fangirls Are

LeakyCon Portland: Where the Fangirls Are

The following series of articles--written by myself, Louisa Stein, and Lindsay Giggey--represents our analysis of some (by no means all) of the cultural work of LeakyCon Portland 2013.
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Comic-Con: The Fan Convention as Industry Space, Part 2

July 22, 2013
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Comic-Con: The Fan Convention as Industry Space, Part 2

This post focuses on one particular space, Hall H, in order to examine how the industry exerts its significant and formative power at Comic-Con as part and parcel of exclusive opportunities and rewards for fans.
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What Are You Missing? July 8 – July 21

July 21, 2013
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What Are You Missing? July 8 – July 21

Ten (or more) media industry news items you might have missed recently.
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