February 20, 2013
by Adrian J Ivakhiv
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As we continue reading Gilbert’s Anticapitalism and Culture, we are attempting to deepen our understanding how political-economic changes affect the cultural conditions for social (and environmental) change. Much of this entry will review the political-economic shifts we examined in class … Continue reading
February 14, 2013
by Adrian J Ivakhiv
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The following is a glossary of terms used in Gilbert’s Anticapitalism and Culture. In the comments, we will add other terms and key words as these arise throughout the course.
February 14, 2013
by Adrian J Ivakhiv
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After exploring new (digital/social/emergent) media through a variety of media studies lenses, we began looking at the possibilities these media present for democratic political projects. This week we begin our next theoretical turn: into the interdisciplinary field of “cultural studies.” … Continue reading
February 8, 2013
by Adrian J Ivakhiv
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Since this topic was a popular one, I thought I’d link to an article that usefully contextualizes Habermas’s notion of the public sphere within current research in sociology of media. Many of the issues that came up in our discussion … Continue reading
February 3, 2013
by Adrian J Ivakhiv
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With this week’s readings we move to another meaning of “media ecology” — something that Adbusters magazine calls the “mental environment” and that law professor James Boyle calls the “information environment,” the “informational commons,” the “commons of facts and ideas,” … Continue reading
January 29, 2013
by Adrian J Ivakhiv
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So far in this course we have been mapping out three different approaches to understanding new media: a political economy approach, a cultural studies approach, and a media ecology approach. (The latter, so far, has been identified with the medium … Continue reading
January 23, 2013
by Adrian J Ivakhiv
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This week’s readings provide an overview of the many kinds of “media convergence” occurring with new/emergent/digital media. The Jenkins and Boler articles will be required reading; the latter begins our process of thinking about the political uses of new media, … Continue reading
January 22, 2013
by Adrian J Ivakhiv
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Note: I’ve changed this post title from “Glossary” to “Scrapbook.” Since we didn’t get to the online posting of glossary items in our Jan. 22 class, we can keep this page for posting miscellaneous items that don’t fit into weekly … Continue reading