Tag archive for ‘New Media’
Biometrics and Machinima, Reanimated:
Jacqueline Goss’s “Stranger Comes to Town”
Dale Hudson / NYU Abu Dhabi
Dale Hudson discusses the use of machinima as critique of U.S. labor and immigration laws.
“Cibercultura” y cibercultur@
by: Jorge A. González / Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
Una propuesta en cuanto al neologismo “cibercultur@”: entenderlo como un objeto de estudio y como un valor
de desarrollo y empoderamiento social. / A proposal to
use the neologism “cybercultur@” to designate an area
of study, as well as describe a value for development and social empowerment.
La telenovela mexicana en el ciberespacio
by: Claudia Benassini Félix / Tecnológico de Monterrey, State of Mexico
La telenovela mexicana es uno de los productos más exitosos de la televisión nacional pero también enfrenta
la competencia de otros países. / Telenovelas represent one of the most successful products to emerge from Mexico’s television industry, but they have always faced competition from other countries.
La info-estructura de los 22 portales o sitios ciudadanos de los países
by: Octavio Islas and Arturo Caro / Tecnológico de Monterrey, State of Mexico
Un resumen de los resultados que arrojó el estudio de usabilidad de los 22 portales y sitios web ciudadanos de los países ubicados en la plataforma continental de América. / Results are shown for the usability study done to 22 websites dedicated to citizen information of countries located in the continental platform of America.
Watching TV Without Pity
by: Mark Andrejevic / University of Iowa
Rip-on-your-favorite-show sites elevate the attempt to make bad TV more entertaining to a popular art form. In the Television Without Pity world, the show is no longer the final product, but rather the raw material to which value is added.
Sex, Media, Celebrity: A Queer Culture of Media Production
by: Adam Fish / UCLA
Subcultures become pop cultures and today’s underground emerges as tomorrow’s mainstream.
“Why 2008 Won’t Be Like 1984:” Viral Videos and Presidential Politics
by: Chuck Tryon / Fayetteville State University
How will voter-created viral videos shape the mediascape of the forthcoming 2008 US Presidential Election?.
Network Television’s Ongoing Struggle with Web-based Television
by: Ray Cha / Independent Scholar
Peers accepted, provide online channels for established media.
TiVoing Childhood
by: Jason Mittell / Middlebury College
What is television to a child who only knows TiVo?
Rating the Runway: Project Runway and New York Fashion Week
by: Moya Luckett / New York University
Project Runway is an example of how recent reality television shows rely on viewer responses to help construct the narrative. the show maintains a distinct textual presence while they advocate viewer participation, play with the idea of permeable and non-permeable textual boundaries and highlight the different ways in which we can access ‘the real world.’
Micro-Ethnographies of the Screen: Sundance 2006
by: Dan Leopard / St. Mary’s College of California
A discussion of the small screens, Sundance, and the future of independent film distribution.
Public Radio Redux
by: Tom McCourt / Fordham University
Despite the availability of public radio in new forms, and the changing focus of programming, radio’s primary strength remains its status as the most local of media.
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