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The Revolution Will Not Be Televised (It'll be YouTubed)
I’m part of Georgetown’s Communication, Culture & Technology program. Supposedly, that means I study the intersection between communication and society, and consider the role technology plays in informing that intersection. Or something like that. Until this point in my academic career, though, my experience has focused almost entirely on “Communication”; it’s dealt very little with “Culture” and absolutely ignored “Technology.” So lately, I’ve been thinking a lot more about the “T” in “CCT.”
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What We Choose to See
It’s no secret that Washington, DC is a Mecca of aesthetic testaments; it is very much a town dominated by monuments, museums, memorials, and mementos. So, when I began considering my city-wide touring pursuits for Fall, I was soon presented with the challenge of editing my list.
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Financial and Cultural Change
In the October issue of Vanity Fair, Michael Lewis investigates the current Greek debt crisis (now at an astonishing deficit of 1.2 trillion) in “Beware of Greeks Bearing Bonds” . He tries to answer the following questions:Will Greece default? And who is there to blame for this extraordinary situation?
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The Social Network Analysis
Last year the film that defined my time in CCT more than any other was Avatar. It felt like everyone had something to say about the blockbuster that now holds the title of highest grossing film of all time. From the semiotics of its 3D graphics, to its race and colonial politics, the number of points of entry combined with the popularity of its circulation made for a media hotbed of productive analysis.
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Maybe we should think a little.
Right now you are interacting with a website. Before this site went live someone (or a team of people) put a lot of time into making it easy for you to find, navigate, and stay.
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Digital Cameras: Freezing the Unlived Now to Remember in Future
We all have some moments in our life that we don’t want to ever forget. Since its invention and prevalent use, photographs helped us freeze a beautiful moment and look back to it whenever we wanted to. With digital cameras, keeping a record of memories became even easier and cheaper. Not only do most people have a digital camera, but also probably have a cell phone, or some other gadget that has the capability of shooting images.
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Tag! Your [reputation's] It!
In Italy, they call it ‘bella figura’ or ‘keeping face’. It was explained to me for the first time in an intercultural communication course in Copenhagen, Denmark.
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The Art of Complaining in Academia: The Miscorrelation Between Lightheartedness and Light-Mindedness
After a month-long hometown stay, I returned to the reality of the academy and settled into my social and scholastic routine. Yet the month away from the ivory towers was long enough to jolt my insider mentality and cause me to reflect upon our system. Upon doing so, I realized that we, as academics, are perpetual complainers. It is as if we prefer grievance to cheer because we equivocate gripes with hard work. I argue that the nature behind the habitual complaint derives from the need to appear busy and important.
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On Phenomenology
“The body is our general medium for having a world.”
— Maurice Merleau-Ponty (Phenomenology of Perception)Category: The Gnovis Blog
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I'm Picking Up Good Weberations
For my very first blog post, I wanted to touch upon a topic that I care a great deal about: the relationship of power between media and us.
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