Archive: 2011
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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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Fall 2011 Editor's Note
Download - Fall 2011 Journal PDF Moore’s law states that every 18-months the number of transistors on an integrated circuit doubles, allowing for devices to become smaller and faster. In this digital
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The Presence of Absence: Asexuality and the Creation of Resistance
Abstract This paper investigates the existence of asexuality or ace identity. The aim of the paper is twofold, to examine the emergence of a seemingly impossible identity and to consider the consequen
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Confronting the Uncertain: On Crisis, Time Sociology and the Narration of Dangerous Times
Abstract This article is an attempt to explore the concept of crisis and its relevance within sociology through a focused analysis on the literature of the sociology of time and attending the role nar
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Some Vampires Are Real: Racial Stereotypes and Dominant Fears (Re)presented in the Black Vampire of American Popular Film
Abstract This essay investigates how the gothic figure of the vampire may come to embody racial stereotypes and dominant fears about black men and black women through representations of the vampire of
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Friendship Trouble: An Examination of the Gay Best Friend Identity in American Consumer Culture
Abstract Contemporary culture has become saturated with the gay best friend. In July, 2010, Teen Vogue published an article calling the gay best friend a “must have item”. The ubiquity of the gay best
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American Amazons: The Gendered Construction of Hillary Clinton, Samantha Power, and Susan Rice in the Libyan Conflict
Abstract The business of building a case for war has rarely been an easy one. In the case of the U.S. intervention in Libya in 2011, an added dimension of gendered politics acted as a stumbling block
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Pop-Up Economies: Social Networks, Temporary Urbanism and the Creative Sector
Abstract Contemporary scholarship across disciplines ranging from economics to communication often dwells on the impact of technology and globalization on improving communication across communities or
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Re-Imaging and Re-Imagining the Colonial Legend: Photographic Manipulation and Queer Performance in the Work of Kent Monkman and Miss Chief Share Eagle Testickle
Abstract Kent Monkman’s 2006 series, The Emergence of a Legend, consists of five photographs depicting the artist as his alter-ego Miss Chief Eagle Testickle. Employing a threefold process of sexual,
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Reciprocity between Graffiti Vandalism and its Virtual Documentation
Abstract Driven by the need for the increased reception (and the conservation) of their tags, graffiti writers document their productions online on blogs, photo sites, and pro-graffiti forums. For th