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Ideology – I haz it.
Tuesday’s episode of The Daily Show had an interesting exchange between Senator Ted Kaufman and Jon Stewart that echoed my course readings these past two weeks. Here’s a clip (any excuse to link to The Daily Show):
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Digitizing Foucault (Part 1 of 2)
I think it’s safe to say that, were he alive today, Foucault would have a lot to say about the internet and it’s role in discursive subject-formation in Western society. Not only has the digital age ushered in a whole host of social norms and obligations that influence human behavior (putting the internet itself on the level of regulatory institutional power structure), network technology also complicates the deployment of power through its capacity as a non-linear, interactive platform for discourse and through its conflation of the public and private realms.
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It's All About You, I Mean Me, I Mean Hegemony
This month, W Magazine’s 5th annual November “Art Issue” has barely hit newsstands, but it has already garnered weeks worth of press from the risqué cover: a nude Kim Kardashian.
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Are we being challenged?
Television is for everyone, rich or poor. When you tune into a station at a particular time everyone sees the same thing; the word “broadcasting” means sending out a signal for everyone to receive as long as they had the proper equipment. Since television broadcasting began in the 1950s, producers have crafted shows that entertain and those that challenge the audience.
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Digital Dialogues: Temple Grandin
Josh Hubanks and Colleen Valentine are two of gnovis’ lead bloggers. After seeing Dr. Temple Grandin speak as part of Georgetown University’s Lecture Fund Series, they decided to explore blogging as a venue for further discussion. The result is the first in a series of Digital Dialogues.
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The Booty and the Beat: Hip-Hop, the Female Rapper and Her Body
I had been anxiously waiting for the 2010 BET Hip-Hop Music Award show to air for several reasons. And for several reasons, including feeble attempts to adjust to my new and busy schedule, I missed it.
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The Revolution Will Not Be Televised (It'll be YouTubed)
I’m part of Georgetown’s Communication, Culture & Technology program. Supposedly, that means I study the intersection between communication and society, and consider the role technology plays in informing that intersection. Or something like that. Until this point in my academic career, though, my experience has focused almost entirely on “Communication”; it’s dealt very little with “Culture” and absolutely ignored “Technology.” So lately, I’ve been thinking a lot more about the “T” in “CCT.”
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What We Choose to See
It’s no secret that Washington, DC is a Mecca of aesthetic testaments; it is very much a town dominated by monuments, museums, memorials, and mementos. So, when I began considering my city-wide touring pursuits for Fall, I was soon presented with the challenge of editing my list.
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Financial and Cultural Change
In the October issue of Vanity Fair, Michael Lewis investigates the current Greek debt crisis (now at an astonishing deficit of 1.2 trillion) in “Beware of Greeks Bearing Bonds”. He tries to answer the following questions:Will Greece default? And who is there to blame for this extraordinary situation?
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The Social Network Analysis
Last year the film that defined my time in CCT more than any other was Avatar. It felt like everyone had something to say about the blockbuster that now holds the title of highest grossing film of all time. From the semiotics of its 3D graphics, to its race and colonial politics, the number of points of entry combined with the popularity of its circulation made for a media hotbed of productive analysis.
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