Archive: Journal
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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
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Seeing the Specter: A Gothic Metaphor of Subjectivity, Popular Culture, and Consumerism
Abstract: Due to their very nature, some societal forces are invisible to common perception. Using the work of Foucault and Baudrillard, this essay develops a theory of “the Specter” — an invisible co
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The Aura of Decay: The Concept of the Book in the Age of Hybridity
Abstract: The following paper takes up the tradition of aphoristic writing in order to examine the concept of the book and the image of the palimpsest in the age of hybridity. The digitization of cul
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Modern Surveillance Methods and Public Trust
Abstract: Networked devices present new dilemmas to the legal system. The use of these devices can challenge the preconceived notions of what is public and what is private. One might ask, do the same
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Cooking Your Way to Completeness: The Food Network Phenomenon and the Creation of a New Domestic Paragon – The Ideal Hostess
Abstract: The Food Network has achieved tremendous popularity with the American public in the last decade. It has created the genre of the celebrity chef and has changed the relationship between food
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The Formative Power of Wartime Rhetoric: A Critical Discursive Analysis of Presidential Speeches
Abstract: Language plays a vital role in a politician’s ability to garner public support for forthcoming military engagements. This paper explores the rhetorical tactics used in national addresses by
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YouTube: Examining a Revolution
Abstract: The author examines the popular video sharing website and asks whether the phenomenon marks a change in the way cultural products are brought forth. The analysis draws upon a traditionally