The protests in Madison have demonstrated forcefully the power of an alternative to the opinion poll, an embodied voice of the people.
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Embodied Voices and the Protests in Madison
Dancing with Democracy
While controversy is nothing new for reality TV, the political overtones of Bristol Palin's run on Dancing with the Stars illuminate the genre's tenuous relationship with the principles of democracy.
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Getting Beyond the Thunderdome: David Brooks’ Fantastical “Riders on the Storm”
Are people more open to new ideas when they get their daily news through the Internet or do they tend to use today's historically unparalleled access to support what they already think?
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