Posted on 18 December 2007 by r
Unfortunately, I can’t make it to every great conference held at MIT by the cutting-edge Comparative Media Studies program (run by the godfather of fan studies, Henry Jenkins, “Sir Convergence Culture”). Hopefully, we’ll be presenting at Media in Transition 6 because participating in Media in Transition 5 was so great!
I highly recommend the following discussion [...]
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Posted on 20 November 2007 by r
(Images: the two top results for Hannah Montana images on Google)
Imagine you are a tween girl, obsessed with the Disney phenomenon Hannah Montana. You want to see the live performance, showing Miley Cyrus, as both herself and as her tv-alter ego — who has her as an alterego. But tickets sell out immediately!!!1!!!
The cynical among [...]
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