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<strong>What if Interactivity is the New Passivity? </strong> <br /> <em>Jonathan Sterne / McGill University</em>

What if Interactivity is the New Passivity?
Jonathan Sterne / McGill University(31)

April 9, 2012

Bartleby, capitalism, the “Like” button, and the vicissitudes of participatory media.

<strong>On the Surface </strong> <br /> <em>Robert Hariman/Northwestern University and John Louis Lucaites/Indiana University</em>

On the Surface
Robert Hariman/Northwestern University and John Louis Lucaites/Indiana University

A consideration of the affective substance of photographic surfaces.

<strong>A Good Day to <em>Die Hard<!em>: Age, Action, and the Masculine Hard Body</strong> <br /> <em>Rebecca Feasey / Bath Spa University</em>

A Good Day to Die Hard: Age, Action, and the Masculine Hard Body
Rebecca Feasey / Bath Spa University

An examination of aging male action stars.

<strong>American Dreams – Israeli Formats: How Israeli TV Became a U.S. Success Story</strong> <br /> <em>Sharon Shahaf / Georgia State University</em>

American Dreams – Israeli Formats: How Israeli TV Became a U.S. Success Story
Sharon Shahaf / Georgia State University

Considering the politics inherent within the current wave of U.S. adaptations of Israeli-based television series.