it’s not enough to talk about individual companies trading in on the Olympics: many of the corporate sponsors are making money off of other companies making money off of the Olympics
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Olympic commercials: A quick lesson in corporate ownership
Sucks to Be Ru: America’s new Russian Other
The unending string of hilarious #SochiProblems and daily stories of government gluttony have positioned Russia as a sort of shadow version of the American Way of Life.
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Mascot Media: Framing the London Olympics
London 2012 Olympic mascots Wenlock and Mandeville reveal the changing way that media brands, including the Olympics, are seeking to reconstruct themselves for the converged digital media environment.
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What Do You Think? Framing the Olympics
Which frames bugged you, and which roped you in?
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In Defense of Curling
It’s not a sport drowning in testosterone, but that’s its charm
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Devo Now, More than Ever
Devo's forthcoming studio, long play release is their first in twenty years and return as a working act comes in a new era where "de-evolution is real and Devo is normal".
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Is it all Downhill from here for Winter Olympics?
Olympic winter games are a rudiment of a bygone modern era of (television) culture. Whereas summer games have adopted to changing viewing habits, Winter Olympics have essentially remained fifteen ways of sliding.
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