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Self-Reflexive Whiteness: White Rappers, and the Nerds Who Mock Them
Richard Dyer’s model of white racialization on film contends that the performance of whiteness is at its most visible when it contrasts against non-white performances: “the presence of black people [
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Fall 2012 Editor's Note
Download - Fall 2012 Journal PDF Technology, whether that be social media or a pen, lets us capture a moment - and communication allows us to intervene in it. To put this another way, communication en
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Key Players in the Stop Online Piracy Act and PROTECT-IP Act
Abstract This paper examines the stakeholders and processes surrounding the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and PROTECT-IP Act (PIPA), particularly the events which led up to the Internet blackout prote
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Walmart’s Struggles in India: How Institutional Contexts Can Limit Foreign Entry
Introduction Social relations play a vital role in economic transactions. Acknowledging social interactions has become even more critical with current trends of globalization. Diverse groups are inte
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“Health Care Reform” vs. “ObamaCare”: Partisan Framing of FOX, MSNBC, NYT, and WSJ
Abstract This study explores the differing ways in which liberal and conservative American mainstream media framed the Obama administration’s health care initiatives during the critical period of 2009
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Getting the Message Differently – The Audience of the Soap Opera and the News
Abstract Virtually all aspects of our lives are saturated by the media, which includes the news and soap operas. This essay focuses not only on the messages of these texts, but on the complex and nuan
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Semiotics, Intertextuality, and Alternative Mapping
An appealing aspect of cultural analysis is its interpretive flexibility; many mundane types of media that seem natural to us are worth scrutinizing. Signs, for instance, can be found in many differen
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A Conversation on Affirmative Action – Part 2
Note: This is the second blog in a three-blog series. To read Part 1, click here. [caption id="attachment_6393" align="aligncenter" width="607"] Harvard Law Review Board of Editors, Volume 72, 1958-1
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Long Live the Internet
Written by Guest Author Jeremy Pesner Next month, the World Conference on Information Technology (WCIT), sponsored by the United Nations' International Telecommunications Union (ITU), will hold a mee
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A Conversation on Affirmative Action – Part 1
[caption id="attachment_6395" align="aligncenter" width="607"] Harvard Law Review Board of Editors, Volume 29, 1915-1916. Image from the Harvard Law School Library.[/caption] A friend of mine at Harva
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