Archive: Journal
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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 . . .
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What's in a name? That who we call a king by any other name would rule as supreme
Abstract: The September 11 attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon brought Pakistan to attention in global news due to its strategic geo-political position. The United States' resolve to av
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The Pleasure of Death: The Construction of Masculine Citizenship in Military Recruitment Ads
Abstract: Through a psychoanalytic reading of visual and emotional appeals, this essay discusses the rhetorical devices employed in the National Guard's 2007 military recruitment advertisement-Three D
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wants moar: visual media's use of text in LOLcats and silent film
Abstract: Visual media has a history of using text to both frame and augment an audience's understanding of visual content. This paper compares the recent LOLcat Internet phenomenon with intertitles
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An Uncertain Text: Reliving Shakespeare's Creative Milieu in the Modern World
Abstract: The production of online texts, especially within wikis, is far more similar to the creative processes of the Elizabethan stage than printed texts. Because Shakespeare continued to re-work