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Comics ↔ Media: Comics Aren’t Literature, and That’s Fine
Benjamin Woo / Carleton University

October 30, 2017 Benjamin Woo / Carleton University 5 comments

Benjamin Woo questions the positioning of Comics Studies within academia. Bound to both Media Studies and Literature, is either equipped to study the many facets of this interdisciplinary field?

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The Cuteness of Tunneling Media 
Juan Llamas-Rodriguez / University of Texas at Dallas

October 30, 2017 Juan Llamas-Rodriguez / University of Texas at Dallas 2 comments

Juan Llamas-Rodriguez considers how the use of cuteness to market VPN privacy and security services illustrates the ideological negotiations with which these user-friendly services must engage.

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Rose McGowan and the “Neutrality” of Social Media Platforms
Adrienne Massanari / University of Illinois at Chicago

October 30, 2017 Adrienne Massanari / University of Illinois at Chicago One comment

Adrienne Massanari argues that Rose McGowan’s recent suspension from Twitter illustrates that social media platforms are far from politically neutral.

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Saving New Sounds: Podcasts and Preservation
Jeremy Wade Morris / University of Wisconsin-Madison

October 30, 2017 Jeremy Wade Morris / University of Wisconsin-Madison One comment

Jeremy Wade Morris writes about preserving podcasts and making them more researchable. He enumerates several reasons we should be invested in their longevity and accessibility.

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How Adapting Content to Cultural Expectations Intersects with the Practice of Censorship
Kate Edwards / Geogrify

October 30, 2017 Kate Edwards / Geogrify One comment

Kate Edwards argues that content creators, especially those with a global audience, must balance carefully between culturalization and censorship in video games and other content.

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The Algorithmic Audience and African American Media Cultures
Tim Havens / University of Iowa

October 30, 2017 Tim Havens / University of Iowa 2 comments

Tim Havens considers Netflix as a case study to develop a typology for studying the role of algorithmic audience analysis in commercial African American streaming culture.

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Dan Vena / Queen’s University & Sarah Woodstock / University of Toronto

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