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

February 26, 2018 Jeremy Wade Morris / University of Wisconsin-Madison 3 comments

Jeremy Wade Morris explores the oddities and challenges that podcasts present as digital objects.

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/r/ DeepFakes and Reddit’s Ongoing Misogyny Problem
Adrienne Massanari / University of Illinois at Chicago

February 26, 2018 Adrienne Massanari / University of Illinois at Chicago One comment

Adrienne Massanari explores why Reddit continues to be a space where communities circulate and engage in toxic speech and behaviors and the platforms lack of accountability.

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Mapping the Narco-Televisual Universe
Juan Llamas-Rodriguez  / University of Texas at Dallas

February 26, 2018 Juan Llamas-Rodriguez / University of Pennsylvania Leave a comment

Juan Llamas-Rodriguez explores how the industrial practice of series cross-promotion has evolved into a greater media universe world building in narconovelas.

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Comics ⟷ Media: Bam! Pow! Comics Aren’t Just for White Men Anymore!
Benjamin Woo / Carleton University

February 26, 2018 Benjamin Woo / Carleton University 2 comments

Benjamin Woo discusses rising tensions over diversity and identity politics within the comics world. Following Gamergate, a “Comicsgate” mentality emerged and continues to affect the industry and its fans.

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The Death of Context
Kate Edwards / Geogrify

February 26, 2018 Kate Edwards / Geogrify 3 comments

Kate Edwards considers the importance of understanding cultural context and whether the Internet and social media is contributing to the deteriorating ability of digital natives to be able to contextualize the content they consume.

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Showtime’s The Chi and the Surge in Black-Cast TV Dramas
Tim Havens / University of Iowa

February 26, 2018 Tim Havens / University of Iowa 3 comments

Tim Havens explores the surge in high-quality black-cast dramas offered by subscription television services. By comparing contemporary series such as Showtime’s The Chi with African American television of the past, Havens asserts the industry is beginning to splinter the African American audience along divisions of taste cultures.

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