Archive: 2007
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Modern Surveillance Methods and Public Trust
Abstract: Networked devices present new dilemmas to the legal system. The use of these devices can challenge the preconceived notions of what is public and what is private. One might ask, do the same
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Cooking Your Way to Completeness: The Food Network Phenomenon and the Creation of a New Domestic Paragon – The Ideal Hostess
Abstract: The Food Network has achieved tremendous popularity with the American public in the last decade. It has created the genre of the celebrity chef and has changed the relationship between food
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The Formative Power of Wartime Rhetoric: A Critical Discursive Analysis of Presidential Speeches
Abstract: Language plays a vital role in a politician’s ability to garner public support for forthcoming military engagements. This paper explores the rhetorical tactics used in national addresses by
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YouTube: Examining a Revolution
Abstract: The author examines the popular video sharing website and asks whether the phenomenon marks a change in the way cultural products are brought forth. The analysis draws upon a traditionally
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An Ethical Obligation to Copy – The Origins and Implications of Free Software
Abstract: Peer production has become an important way to manufacture digital products and information, for example software and encyclopedias. The products are generally made without payment to contr
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The Economics of Cultural Legitimacy in Hip Hop’s Counterpublic Space
Abstract: The determinants of authenticity in hip hop culture are not obvious. The roots, as well as the branches, of hip hop's cultural boundaries are found twisted, tangled and far from the tree. In
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MTVtr3s: A Launch into Bicultural Latino Panethnicity
Abstract: The United States’ continually growing Latin American population is transforming as subsequent and future generations, both born and raised in the United States, establish unique cultural i