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Miniskirts and Wigs: The Gender Politics of Cross-Dressing on Lip Sync Battle
Britta Hanson / University of Texas at Austin

July 5, 2016 Britta Hanson 9 comments

Britta Hanson examines the politics of cross-dressing and gender-bending performance on the popular show Lip Sync Battle, which ultimately contains such performances and reifies heteronormative gender roles.

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A Part and Apart: Hawaii and Domestic Satellite Broadcasting, 1967-1971
Selena Dickey / University of Texas Austin

July 5, 2016 Selena Dickey / Furman University One comment

Selena Dickey analyzes the way industry rhetoric shaped understandings of new telecommunication satellite technology and Hawaii’s regional identity, often configured as both a part of the domestic and apart from it.

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Games Done Quick: Performing Live for Charity
Kaitie Hilburn / University of Texas at Austin

July 5, 2016 Kaitie Hilburn Leave a comment

Kaitie Hilburn examines the dual role of gamers as both performers and audience within the speedrunning community using the charity marathon Games Done Quick as a case study.

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Player Two Wins: Announce Your Game Second
Cameron Lindsey / University of Texas at Austin

July 5, 2016 Cameron Lindsey One comment

The reveal trailers for Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare and Battlefield 1 have become the most disliked and liked trailers on YouTube, respectively. Cameron Lindsey thinks this says less about the games themselves, and more about the marketing.

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A Girl Divided: the Fragmented Shōjo in Perfect Blue
Dylan Levy / University of Texas at Austin

July 5, 2016 Dylan Levy 3 comments

Dylan Levy examines the shōjo image through the character Mima and her alter-ego in Satoshi Kon’s Perfect Blue .

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In "Welcome to Wrexham and Representations of Management in Football (Soccer) as a Product of the “Media Sports Cultural Complex”" Andrew Stubbs-Lacy explores representation & construction of management in football with a focus on Welcome to Wrexham. Read: http://tinyurl.com/4z7wkuk8

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Dr. Roderik Smits explores various factors affecting what constitutes “fair pay” in the film and television industries. Read it here: http://tinyurl.com/mrn5wv9v

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Gerald Sim critiques Big Tech’s lobbying strategies against antitrust legislation, arguing that companies use technoliberal narratives, racialized imagery & nationalist rhetoric, such as the “China Argument,” to manipulate public opinion and more. http://tinyurl.com/ycka7652

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.@mediated1 argues that advertising’s integration of AI media technologies is not driven by natural market tendencies but from systemic commodification & political-economic forces, analyzed through the Political Economy of Media & Communications framework. http://tinyurl.com/3yajfcmb

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