Archive: 2008
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From an Amateur's Angle: The Impact of the Visual Image in Defining Abu Ghraib
Abstract: Many have deemed the invasion of Iraq as the American government’s ‘brass-knuckled quest for information’ – a strong statement given that the self-appointed ‘land of the free’ is insinuatin
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What Good is the 'You' in YouTube? Cyberspectacle and Subjectivity
The spectacle manifests itself as an enormous positivity,
out of reach and beyond dispute. All it says is: “Everything that
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Self-disclosure of Religious Identity on Facebook
Abstract: Social networking Web sites, such as MySpace and Facebook, have in the last five years become indispensable communication tools for large numbers of young people in the United States. Concu
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The "Sufficient Backdoor" Test: A New Model for Indecency Regulation of Converged Media
Abstract: Content-based regulation is subject to the “strict scrutiny” standard in the Supreme Court. The “strict scrutiny” standard takes into account three issues: (1) whether the regulation further
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Fall 2008 Editor's Note
One of the pleasures of writing an editor’s note for a journal like gnovis, which covers such a wealth of inspired topics, is the
opportunity to spend a quiet afternoon looking at a stack of seemingly unrelated papers– searching for the common thread (or threads) that
holds the stack together. Some threads are easier to find than others but, like a thread pulled from a sweater, once discovered they seem to
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Who Benefits from Telecom? Understanding the Expressed Values Guiding the Emerging Telecommunications Regime
The technologies,
policies, governance, and standards of telecommunications have gone
through many changes over the course of its history. The three regimes
that have formed this history have moved from a monopolistic approach,
mostly involving radio and telegraph technologies, to an
institution-centered approach, including television and satellites, to
the current regime, with a more diffused approach to governance, with a
variety of state, institutional, and private actors involving more
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Coming Down the Stretch: An Analysis of the use of Sports References in Political Dialogues and its Effectiveness
Abstract: Did a candidate just “hit a home run?” Which candidate is running as “the underdog?” Is someone “moving the goalposts?” In today’s media landscape, the use of sports references to descri
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Meet the Candidates: Politicians’ Strategies of Self-Presentation in Online Formats
Abstract: The 2008 presidential campaign has featured widespread use of new media technologies by all major candidates, who struggle to tailor their messages for an ever-changing variety of platforms
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Research Spotlight: Focus on Hyperpolitics
Abstract: This article is a partial transcript of an interview with Jacqueline Klingebiel, conducted August 13, 2008. Klingebiel recently completed her M.A. thesis, “Hyperpolitics: Bringing the Publi
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Creating Community Through the Arts: Cultural Engagement, Democracy, and the Role of Civil Society
Abstract: Cultural participation is seen, and has been shown to be, something of a proxy measurement for civic engagement. Participation in the arts reinforces aspects of social cohesion and the bui