9.07 – Flow

Strat-O-Matic and the Baseball Tarot: Sense and Synchronicity in Sports and Games
Ted Friedman / Georgia State University – Atlanta

February 20, 2009 Ted Friedman / Georgia State University - Atlanta 12 comments

A look at chance in Strat-O-Matic baseball, and what it has to tell us about gameplay in general.

On the Digital Music Wars: Where Are We Now?
Patrick Burkart / Texas A&M University

February 20, 2009 Patrick Burkart / Texas A&M University 11 comments

This essay asks and attempts to answer the question, “In our waning economy, what is the future of the digital music industry?”

Facebook and the Return of the Repressed, or Watching Political Comedy on a Social Network
Ethan Thompson / Texas A&M – Corpus Christi

February 20, 2009 Ethan Thompson / Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi 10 comments

An examination of the personalized nature of political videos on Facebook.

“Pain can be controlled: you just disconnect it”: Terminating Public Access Television
Jonathan Nichols-Pethick / DePauw University

February 19, 2009 Jonathan Nichols-Pethick / DePauw University 4 comments

A call to action to save public access television.

**Rage Against the Machine: Does The Sarah Connor Chronicles Have a Future?**
Heather Hendershot / Queens College/CUNY Graduate Center

February 19, 2009 Heather Hendershot / Queens College 2 comments

Can a thoughtful, if depressing, sci-fi spinoff make it through its second season?

Minding the Gap: Barack Obama and the Demise of Representational Politics

February 18, 2009 Ingrid Hoofd / National University of Singapore 3 comments

Ingrid Hoofd / National University of Singapore