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Making History with “Twitch Plays Pokémon”

After 390 hours of sometimes frustrating game play, over 100,000 people who were simultaneously playing the traditionally single player game Pokémon Red managed to...

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Funeral for a Phone

Lemme take you to the suburbs right outside Washington, DC, circa 2004. This is the advent of the cell phone. Not in general. Not...

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Facebook’s Gender Project: The Customizable “Other” | Emily Miller

Folks in the United States who are drafting up their Facebook personas now have three categories from which to choose if they opt to...

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Why Hood by Air is relevant beyond the world of fashion | Kenta Murakami

Let’s take a look at some recent moments in pop culture…. Beyoncé has continued to embody and exude perfection, Macklemore performed “Same Love” at...

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In Memory of a Cannibal: Riz Ortolani (1926-2014)

This is my attempt at performing something of a late eulogy for the Italian composer, Riz Ortolani. (Perhaps the word “performing” is not proper...

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Nerding Out on Maps

Final Thoughts on the Project How many US troops do you think are currently stationed in the United States? What about Vietnam? South Africa?...

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13 Women and Kevin. Convos with Digital America (the course)

Before Digital America (the journal) was a glimmer in my eye, the course Digital America promised University of Richmond students a rather bumpy tour...

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Challenging Digital Media Studies

David Golumbia’s course “Challenging Media Studies” at Virginia Commonwealth University provides a topical survey of issues in current digital media studies. Dr. Golumbia passed...

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Why Everyone Should Know About Bitcoin | Monica Hunasikatti

Apparently, this thing called technology is progressing pretty fast, so fast that even Fox is beginning to believe that some fledgling networks will be...

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Dear Internet, Please Stop Treating Real People Like Fictional Characters | Rachel Hall

Consider this an open letter to the Internet, or at least to the fan communities, or “fandoms,” that seem to have found a home...