10.02 
Tweeting the Dialectic of Technological Determinism
Ted Friedman / Georgia State University – Atlanta (7)
June 27, 2009
A skeptical look at the technological determinism at work in American perceptions of the effects of Twitter on the recent Iranian conflict.
A Look Back at the Campaign: Asian American Political and Cultural Representation
Konrad Ng / University of Hawai’i at Mānoa
An examination of Asian American political participation and cultural expression within Barack Obama’s grassroots campaign.
What Brown Cannot Do For You: MTV-Desi, Diasporic Youth Culture, and the Limits of Television
Aswin Punathambekar/The University of Michigan
A look at disaporic media cultures and MTV’s efforts to target Asian-American youth.
Just Add Performance
Kiri Miller / Brown University
Exploring the industry effects and phenomena of “musicking” of the video games Rock Band and Guitar Hero.