Archive:Earlier to 2006
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The Representation of Homelessness in the Nightly News
Abstract: Inspired by previous political research that demonstrates the agenda setting capability of the news, and data from the U.S. conference of mayors that suggests the crisis of homelessness in
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Pretty Woman: Genital Plastic Surgery and the Production of the Sexed Female Subject
Abstract: Medical industry observers estimate that plastic surgery of the female genitals is the fastest-growing cosmetic surgery sector in the United States. These procedures, which include reducing
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Frontier House: Reality Television and the Historical Experience
Abstract: This paper examines the recent PBS program Frontier House, and its negotiation of the documentary and reality genres of television. While the documentary has long been used as a didactic dev
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Dragnet (2003): A Case Study in the Evolution of American Television’s Police Procedural
Abstract: During the 2003 season, American television viewers had the rare opportunity to witness a merger of works by two influential creators of police procedurals. That year, Law and Order creator
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I, Avatar: Constructions of Self and Place in Second Life
Abstract: Second Life is a unique three-dimensional virtual world that has been constructed by users through modeling tools, a scripting language, and a functioning economy with a virtual real estate
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Finding One's Place: Creating a New Eden for the "New Negro"
Shannon Grevious, Author Abstract: Analysis of the American Negro Exhibit’s Photography at the Paris Exposition of 1900 Do images capture what we truly are, who others say we are or who we aspire to b
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Spaces of Presentation as Vehicles of Cultural Transmission
Abstract: A case study of the mediated elements of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art’s 010101: Art in Technological Times In the age of networks and the Internet, expressions of culture are movi
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A Speculation on Consumer Privacy and Corporate Control on the Internet
Abstract: In his article Circuits of Power[1], Ronald Diebert notes that there is an assumption in American society that the society at large is more prone and vulnerable to attack as it becomes incr
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Positive Imagery and Community Development in Ethnic Marketing: Contemporary Strategies for Success
Abstract: Minorities, collectively, are becoming the majority. By 2050, African Americans, Asian Americans and Latinos will comprise 50 percent of the U.S. population and hold more than $3 trillion in
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The Anti-Aging Trend: Capitalism, Cosmetics and Mirroring the Spectacle
Abstract: In some cultures, aging is embraced. The experience and wisdom of elders is held in high regard. In American capitalist culture, however, signs of aging are met with increasing resistance.
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