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Author: Daren C. Brabham / University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Our Robots, Ourselves
Daren C. Brabham / University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

March 25, 2011 Daren C. Brabham / University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill One comment

An exploration into the perceptions of non-humanoid robots in media and the evolution of AI.

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The Myth of Amateur Crowds
Daren Brabham / University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

January 15, 2011 Daren C. Brabham / University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 4 comments

A more critical lens is held up to the concept of “crowdsourcing,” dispelling several myths surrounding the role of the amateur in cultural and commercial production.

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The Potential of Vernacular Video for Queer Youth
Daren C. Brabham / University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

October 15, 2010 Daren C. Brabham / University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 5 comments

An examination of the potential positive and negative roles of video in the lives of LGBTQ youth, and a call to action for members of the critical scholar community.

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Tricking the Taste Buds: Messages of Deception and Inconvenience in “Healthy” Food
Daren C. Brabham / UNC Chapel Hill

September 10, 2010 Daren C. Brabham / University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 7 comments

Daren Brabham considers parental and societal bad habits of lying to children to make them eat vegetables.

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Power in Parody: Femininity 101 at RuPaul’s Drag U
Daren C. Brabham / UNC at Chapel Hill

July 30, 2010 Daren C. Brabham / University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 8 comments

Daren Brabham examines RuPaul teaching women how to be glamorous on his new Logo TV program, RuPaul’s DragU.

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Bend it Like Shuster: Broadcasting Curling’s Accessibility
Daren C. Brabham / University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

June 18, 2010 Daren C. Brabham / University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 2 comments

Daren Brabham investigates the strange appeal of curling to American spectators.

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Crowdsourced Advertising: How We Outperform Madison Avenue
Daren C. Brabham / University of Utah

April 2, 2009 Daren C. Brabham / University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 5 comments

Large companies are turning to Web users for ad content, but sometimes they get more than they bargain for.

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Classifying Dahmer: Protecting Netflix’s Homonormative Canon
Dan Vena / Queen’s University & Sarah Woodstock / University of Toronto

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27 Jan

New to Over*Flow: Dan Vena and Sarah Woodstock argue that Netflix’s removal of Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story from its LGBTQ TV category discards “unacceptable” queer history and protects the homonormativity of Netflix’s LGBTQ library.
https://www.flowjournal.org/2023/01/overflow-classifying-dahmer/

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21 Jan

Check out this call for papers from our colleagues! 10 days until submissions are due.

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13 Jan

Hey folks! We are officially extending this CFP until Sunday, January 15

Looking forward to reading your submissions!

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