Griefing, Grokking, and Meaningful Play in EVE Online
Postmodern Jukebox and the New Music Industry
Michael W. Harris / University of Colorado Boulder
A look at the cover band Postmodern Jukebox and their relation to the music industry’s latest trends.
Read moreConference Events
In order to foster continued conversation beyond the roundtable and Core Conversation sessions, the 2014 conference organizers have arranged several events intended to bolster camaraderie and discussion between participants and attendees. Thursday, September 11, 5-7pm: Opening Reception Friday, September 12, 7:30-8:30pm: Conference Screening Friday, September 12, 8:30-10:30pm: Conference Reception Saturday, September 13, 5-7pm: Informal Happy Hour Thursday, September 11th […]
Read moreCost of Music: Media Scoring and Unions
Michael Harris / University of Colorado Boulder
A look at the current state of musician as performer and their place in media industries.
Read moreThey Should Have Sent a Poet: Faith, Grief, and the Female Mystic in Contact
Natalie Bograd / University of Texas at Austin
Natalie Bograd explores the idea of the female mystic in the film “Contact.”
Read moreWhat Facebook’s Emotion Experiment Tells Us About What We Think About Feelings
Jennifer Petersen / University of Virginia
A critical look at the results of and public response to the controversial Facebook Emotion Experiment of 2012.
Read moreA Black 1967 Chevy Impala: Fan Shibboleths as Cultural Password
Mark Stewart / University of Auckland
An exploration of fans’ use of “shibboleths,” or passphrases used to subtly connect with other fans without identifying oneself as such to a broader audience.
Read moreThe Reign of Whitey is Over?
Christina Belcher / University of Southern California
An examination of race and the ethic of multiculturalism in Season 2 of Orange is the New Black.
Read moreI Want My Vevo TV
Christopher Montes / University of Texas, Austin
A discussion about Vevo TV and how such technological frameworks are inherent to our relation to music videos and western popular music.
Read moreWithout Warning
Melinda Barlow/University of Colorado at Boulder
Melinda Barlow muses on Kansas as depicted in film, art, and literature.
Read moreNo More Evil Step-Mothers: Motherhood as Redemption for Female Fairy Tale Villains
Jackie Pinkowitz / University of Texas, Austin
A look at the redemption of female villains through motherhood in recent updated fairy tales.
Read moreWhite Trash is the New Black
Christina Belcher / University of Southern California
An examination of “liberal whiteness” and multiculturalism in Orange is the New Black.
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