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The Politicking of Friend Requesting
Politics used to be about who you know. Now it may be about how many you know. The emerging art of social networking friend requesting has become so prevalent in politics today that the GOP has recognized such sites as perhaps the biggest battleground lost in the 2008 Presidential Election. Their solution? More MySpace. More Facebook. More Twitter.
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The Spartan Spectacle
If a guy likes the film 300, is he gay? In 2007 writer Matt Feeney launched a tirade against critics who would interpret 300, and other macho-man action flicks, as homoerotic. Men who like such films
Categories: 2009, The Gnovis Blog
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This Sex Which is Not H1
“This Sex Which is Not H1” is a digital story inspired by Luce Irigaray’s “This Sex Which is Not One,” the creator’s home town of Orange County, California and the many truths and falsehoods put fort
Categories: 2009, The Gnovis Blog
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Content Analysis of Study Abroad Websites
My approach to this digital story was based on a proposal for a content analysis of images from university study abroad websites. I was interested in how these images portray the study abroad experie
Categories: 2009, The Gnovis Blog
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2008 Democratic Primary: Framing Race & Gender
“2008 Democratic Primary: Framing Race and Gender” explores how race and gender impacted media coverage of the 2008 Democratic Primary between Senators Barack Obama and Hilary Clinton. The project ar
Categories: 2009, The Gnovis Blog
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The Coverage of Flight 387: A Narrative of Tragedy
In what manner may narrative theory be applied to visual research? This digital story tackles the various ways in which newspapers construct stories through the use of visuals and text. Using a case
Categories: 2009, The Gnovis Blog
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Batman: A Visual Analysis
"Batman: A Visual Analysis" adapts Malcolm Collier's photo elicitation method to drawn visuals to explore how reality is reflected in artistic method and subject material. Examining various Batman co
Categories: 2009, The Gnovis Blog
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Cyborg Transformation
"Cyborg Transformation" explores the cyborg's potential for disrupting conservative gender roles, as described by Donna Haraway’s famous "Cyborg Manifesto". Through the lens of Fritz Lang's 1927 fil
Categories: 2009, The Gnovis Blog
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Our New Cellphone Powered Mobile Lives
Sometime last year, my friend Brett was reflecting on the difference Internet access on his cell phone had on his day to day life: “In the past, when I would go run an errand, I would figure out where the store was, figure out how to get there, and then hop in my car. These days, I just leave the house and let my phone tell me where to go and how to get there.”
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Productive Distraction: Some Smart Podcasts for Thesis Writers
Thesis writing is hard on the brain.
I don’t know about other writiers, but once mental fatigue sets in, I tend to get confused by my own argument, feel apathetic about the tower of books in front of me, and am very easily distracted. We all know that filtering and avoiding distractions are among the keys to remaining productive in the information age, but I’ve discovered a counterintuitive concept that is equally key for intense, thesis-like research: productive distraction,
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