Archive: Journal
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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
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Facebook and Youth Mobilization in The 2008 Presidential Election
Abstract: Unlike generations of the past, today’s youth build relationships in communities that transcend cultural, temporal and geographical boundaries and membership in these communities provides f
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Engagement 2.0? How the New Digital Media Can Invigorate Civic Engagement
Abstract: I explore the relationship between civic engagement and democratic practice. I suggest that the traditional model of civic engagement does not capture the distinctive engagement of many youn
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Summer 2008 Editor's Note
Less than a month from today, following the national conventions and selection of vice-presidential candidates, the 2008 US Presidential Election will finally enter its concluding stage – a two-month political & media extravaganza that will exceed any election spectacle we’ve seen before….
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Spring 2008 Editor's Note
Last December, with the release of the Fall 2007 issue of gnovis, I wrote “[though] these papers are somewhat disparate in topic, there is nonetheless much that they have in common: a vitality of purpose (…), a commitment to interdisciplinary rigor and ambition, and a distinct awareness of the relationship between the present and the past.” The same sentiment holds true for this Spring 2008 issue, as well, and I am pleased to say that I believe this is our strongest issue yet, thanks both to the increasing quality . . .