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Occupy TV?
A look at the differences between how Occupy Wall Street is framed on Fox News, MSNBC, and the Daily Show versus how greater, more diverse coverage circulates on Twitter.
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Nativist Stylebook Dictates News Writing
New immigration laws in Alabama are forcing schools to report the immigrant status of children and making unenforceable most contracts between citizens and undocumented immigrants and impacting Latina/o populations in the process. In this context, we must move away from the "i" word--illegal--when discussing undocumented workers and citizens.
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Cloudy with a Chance of Media
Music in the cloud services, such as Apple's iCloud, are a specific snapshot of music as a cultural commodity, one that sees music as indelibly networked to certain providers and technologies.
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The Distribution of Sympathy and the Death Penalty
On September 21, both Troy Davis and Russell Brewer were executed in Texas. Despite differences, the two cases both demonstrate inequalities in the way individuals are able to appear as victims (or perpetrators) within legal procedure and decisions.
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R.E.M 1980-2011
By the time they announced their breakup, R.E.M. had become so taken for granted that it was easy to poke fun. Yet, as the effusive post-mortems everywhere suggest, they became an institution for a reason
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Updated! Premiere Week 2011: ABC
Premiere Week! Check back here regularly for our contributor's thoughts on all the new ABC programs. Responses thus far: Revenge, Charlie's Angels, Pan Am and Suburgatory.
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Updated! Premiere Week 2011: CBS
It's premiere week! Check back regularly for our contributors thoughts on all the new CBS shows! Responses so far: 2 Broke Girls, Unforgettable, Person of Interest and A Gifted Man.
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Updated! Premiere Week 2011: The CW
It's Premiere Week! Check back here regularly for our contributor's thoughts on all the new CW programs. Responses so far: Ringer, H8R, The Secret Circle and Hart of Dixie.
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Updated! Premiere Week 2011: FOX
It's premiere week! Check back regularly for our contributors thoughts on all the new FOX shows! Responses so far: Terra Nova, The New Girl, and X Factor.
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Updated! Premiere Week 2011: NBC
It's Premiere Week! Check back here regularly for our contributor's thoughts on all the new NBC programs. Responses so far: Playboy Club, Free Agents, Up All Night and Prime Suspect.
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Torchwood Miracle Day, Episode Ten: Second-guessing the Blessing?
Torchwood's finale is full of bi- action (bipolar showdowns, bilateral immortality, and SF's human/alien binary) as its showrunner seeks to second-guess audience expectations. But how much does it leave its viewers guessing?
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Torchwood Miracle Day, Episode Nine: Global Drama?
'Miracle Day' offers a literalising, telefantasy take on "global" drama this week, as well as seeming to literalise an infamous aphorism at the same time...
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Film Review: Can Generation P’s Cultural References Play Abroad?
Most scholars of media have at some point stumbled onto something from another country without the proper frame of reference and been utterly bewildered by it. Generation P seems to be consciously playing up this experience as part of its appeal for a niche foreign market.
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Torchwood Miracle Day, Episode Eight: A Fatal Floor?
This week it's a square of flooring that provides the mysterious detail, or the "figure in the carpet", if you like. As Torchwood: Miracle Day gets stranger and even more self-referential, will it ever give up its secrets?
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