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KNOCKING OFF YOGI BEAR :Take A No.2 In The New Woods?

Any platform that can be used to trade cat pictures can bring down a government – Ethan Zuckerman. The fundamental questions are all about what this new participatory and convergent culture will be like. Is participation the new consumption? It is … Continue reading

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/b/:LET THEM EAT MARBLE CAKE

We have become accustomed to thinking about 4Chan as the breeding ground for memes as well as shaping the associated cultural reactions to such memes. There are other implications to 4Chan beside the obvious pop culture reading…. Alexis de Toqueville’s … Continue reading

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THE DISPOSABLE NATURE OF ANONYMOUS: Why /b/ So Serious?

The idea of anonymity is a very powerful thing…With complete anonymity, the 4Chan online community boasts 700,000 daily users that work to “create, remix and and popularize” memes and imagery within, maintaining “a language, ethics and set of activities that … Continue reading

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SHARE THE LOUD HAILER: If It Doesn’t Spread Its Dead.

Or, similarly, “It don’t mean a thing, if it ain’t got that swing.” Fans reject the idea of a definitive version produced, authorized, and regulated by some media conglomerate. Instead, fans envision a world where all of us can participate … Continue reading

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HEY Playboy! SPREAD or go DEAD: Go #@+* Participation…

In Barbara Ehrenreich‘s book, Hearts of Men, she talks about the launching of Playboy in 1953. At that time, a man who stayed single was suspected of homosexuality. The idea of being straight, of sound mind and body, and unmarried … Continue reading

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SHAPES OF THINGS: Complicit in the Act of the Meme

“Everything is shit. We apply meaning, value, and worth to the shit surrounding us. We live by this meaning and by our words. We live by worth and apply value, but everything is shit.” “She mutters her poem backwards in … Continue reading

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DR. JEKYLL & MR. GARGOYLE : AUGMENTED REALITY

… they only come out a night. Augmented reality has to be considered as part of the future of humankind. There are  many ways for us to add data to our lives beyond the what is there physically.This could be … Continue reading

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