Each winter, as February becomes March, Columbia, Missouri transforms itself into a grand stage for the True/False film fest, a four-day international nonfiction film festival.
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Tags: Academy Awards, documentary; True/False film fest; media culture, fandom, film, independent film, television
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Ten media news items that you might have missed recently.
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Tags: A&E, ABC, Academy Awards, Billboard, Cablevision, CBS, copyright, DirecTV, Dish Network, Facebook, Google, Hollywood, independent film, Kickstarter, music, piracy, PlayStation, Sony, television, Time Warner Cable, Viacom, visual effects, YouTube
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The controversy surrounding Seth MacFarlane's hosting of the 2013 Oscars offers an opportunity to have productive discussions about the role of the media in shaping ideology.
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Tags: Academy Awards, hegemony, ideology, oscars, patriarchy, Seth MacFarlane, teaching
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Kathryn Bigelow's Zero Dark Thirty has ignited a virtual powder keg of controversy regarding its depictions of the use of torture as a means of getting information during the ten-year hunt for Osama bin Laden. Despite complaints that it justifies the use and effectiveness of torture, the film cannot be dismissed so easily.
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Tags: Academy Awards, Afghanistan, Barack Obama, CIA, film, Iraq, Kathryn Bigelow, military drama, Osama Bin Laden, Seal Team Six, September 11th, Taxi to the Dark Side, terrorism, The Hurt Locker, torture, Zero Dark Thirty
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Ten (or more) media industry news items you might have missed recently.
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Tags: Academy Awards, advertising, apps, Blockbuster, digital music, Disney, distribution, Facebook, Google, magazines, MPAA, MySpace, Netflix, newspapers, piracy, Redbox, social media, streaming, tax credits, television, YouTube
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Ten (or more) media industry news items you might have missed recently.
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Tags: 3D, Academy Awards, advertising, Amazon, broadband, documentary, file sharing, gaming, mobile technology, music, newspapers, Pandora, Spotify, television, Xbox, YouTube
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Ten (or more) media industry news items you might have missed recently.
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Tags: Academy Awards, Amazon, Apple, Disney, e-books, gaming, internet, internet radio, iPad, Iranian cinema, mobile technology, movie theaters, music, Netflix, Pandora, Redbox, Sony, streaming, technology, television, UltraViolet, Universal Music Group, Verizon, video on demand
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Ten (or more) media industry news items you might have missed recently.
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Tags: Academy Awards, Blu-ray, books, canada, digital distribution, digital media, documentary, DVD, e-readers, gaming, Google, Hollywood, Microsoft, mobile technology, movie theaters, privacy, search engines, television, YouTube
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Ten (or more) media industry news items you might have missed recently.
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Tags: Academy Awards, Amazon, Apple, blogs, copright, DVDs, e-readers, Facebook, gaming, gender, internet, Iranian cinema, Lionsgate, mobile media, MPAA, patents, piracy, television, UltraViolet, United Kingdom, Wal-mart, Weinstein Co., Yahoo
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Ten (or more) media industry news items you might have missed recently.
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Tags: Academy Awards, books, broadband, digital music, distribution, e-books, e-readers, Google, independent, independent film, internet, iTunes, Lionsgate, movie theaters, music, Nintendo, social media, streaming, Sundance, television, Twitter, video games, video on demand
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The first in our series on awards shows, Matthew Connolly recaps the Golden Globes and considers the duality of their popular function.
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Your #1 source for Lions Gate news returns with ten (or more) media industry news items you might have missed recently.
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Tags: Academy Awards, Amazon, Apple, Blockbuster, books, box office, digital music, DVD, e-books, e-readers, Facebook, file sharing, Google, independent film, internet, internet freedom, labor, Lionsgate, music, Netflix, television, Twitter, UltraViolet, United Kingdom, video games, Warner Bros.
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20th Century Fox is mounting an Oscar campaign for The Planet of the Apes' Andy Serkis. Tama Leaver examines the potential implications of this sort of virtual acting or 'synthespian' (synthetic thespian) performance for our understanding of what it means to act or perform.
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Tags: Academy Awards, Andy Serkis, Planet of the Apes, social media, Special Effects
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Ten (or more) media industry news items you might have missed recently.
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Tags: Academy Awards, Amazon, digital media, Disney, DMCA, DVDs, e-readers, gaming, Hollywood, independent, independent film, internet, mobile gaming, music, Sony, stardom, television, video on demand, Warner Bros., YouTube
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Ten (or more) media industry news items you might have missed recently.
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