Santa Clara University
University of Arkansas, Fayetteville
University of Alberta
Long Island University
University of Massachusetts
University of Massachusetts Amherst
University of Southern California
Islamic University of Science and Technology, Jammu and Kashmir, India
Vassar College
Front Matter And Table Of Contents,
2018
College of the Holy Cross
Front Matter And Table Of Contents
Présence Francophone: Revue internationale de langue et de littérature
No abstract provided.
Front Matter And Table Of Contents (V.67),
2018
College of the Holy Cross
Front Matter And Table Of Contents (V.67)
Présence Francophone: Revue internationale de langue et de littérature
No abstract provided.
Diasporadical: In Ryan Coogler's 'Black Panther,' Family Secrets, Cultural Alienation And Black Love,
2018
The New School
Diasporadical: In Ryan Coogler's 'Black Panther,' Family Secrets, Cultural Alienation And Black Love, Terri P. Bowles
Markets, Globalization & Development Review
This is a review of the film Black Panther (2018) by Ryan Coogler, which traces the arc of the comic book hero as he faces an unanticipated challenge to his power by a man who threatens not just his throne but also the future of his nation. The review explores the ways in which the legacy of slavery and colonialism inform the distinct political and philosophical ideologies of the two main characters, and how inequality drives political thought.
Black Panther: Thrills, Postcolonial Discourse, And Blacktopia,
2018
Royal Holloway University of London
Black Panther: Thrills, Postcolonial Discourse, And Blacktopia, Giana M. Eckhardt
Markets, Globalization & Development Review
Black Panther challenges traditional depictions of African nations in film by showcasing the fictional African country of Wakanda as a global technological leader, its citizens as being comfortable in global settings, and by having Wakanda deliver social aid to the US, reversing the typical global flow of assistance. Wakanda is depicted as a Blacktopia, where societies thrive beyond the reach of white supremacy as they have not been subject to colonization.
‘Fake News Hysteria’: How An Analysis Of Orson Welles’ War Of The Worlds Broadcast Can Inform The Issue Of ‘Fake News’,
2018
University of Windsor
‘Fake News Hysteria’: How An Analysis Of Orson Welles’ War Of The Worlds Broadcast Can Inform The Issue Of ‘Fake News’, Mirella Kami Ntahonsigaye
Major Papers
Since the 2016 United States election the topic of ‘fake news’ has been an ongoing public concern, creating anxiety around the reliability of information circulating the Internet and appearing on our social media. There is difficulty in defining exactly what ‘fake news’ is, much less devising methods to help people identify truthful content. There are even fewer discussions revolving around similar past instances that might be able to offer some valuable insight on understanding, not just ‘fake news, but also our contemporary relationship with our media. I argue in this paper that the historical War of the Worlds radio broadcast ...
The Prehistory Of The Hollywood Eastern Genre,
2018
College of William and Mary
The Prehistory Of The Hollywood Eastern Genre, John Eisele
Arts & Sciences Publications
No abstract provided.
“Second Looks, Second Chances”: Collaborating With Lifers On A Video About Commutation Of Lwop Sentences,
2018
University of Pennsylvania Law School
“Second Looks, Second Chances”: Collaborating With Lifers On A Video About Commutation Of Lwop Sentences, Regina Austin
Faculty Scholarship at Penn Law
In Pennsylvania, life means life without the possibility of parole (“LWOP”) or “death by incarceration.” Although executive commutation offers long serving rehabilitated lifers hope of release, in the past 20 years, only 8 commutations have been granted by the state’s governors. This article describes the collaboration between an organization of incarcerated persons serving LWOP and the law-school-based Penn Program on Documentaries and the Law that produced a video supporting increased commutations for Pennsylvania lifers. The article details the methodology of collaborative videomaking employed, the strategic decisions over content that were impacted by the politics of commutation, and the contributions ...
Psychoanalysis And Star Wars: The Force Awakens: What The Film Says About Gender Ideology,
2018
University of Washington, Tacoma
Psychoanalysis And Star Wars: The Force Awakens: What The Film Says About Gender Ideology, Brooke Dochnahl
Access*: Interdisciplinary Journal of Student Research and Scholarship
Star Wars is a major film franchise and has been part of United States’ pop culture for decades. This paper will look at the first film in the newest Skywalker trilogy. This paper defines psychoanalysis as a method for studying the media text, Star Wars: The Force Awakens. It then defines the substructures of psychoanalysis, including Freud’s id, ego, and superego, and their relation to the film, as well as Jung’s archetypes of the hero, sidekick, and shadow element. It then gives a brief discussion of the characters Kylo Ren, Rey, and Finn, including defining characteristics such as ...
The Park Is Open: An Ecofeminist Critique Of Universal's Jurassic World,
2018
University of Washington Tacoma
The Park Is Open: An Ecofeminist Critique Of Universal's Jurassic World, Nichole R. Mchugh
Access*: Interdisciplinary Journal of Student Research and Scholarship
This paper explores an interpretation of Universal Pictures,’ Jurassic World (2015), to identify naturalized representations of human relationships and human relationships to the environment. Using the concepts of scholar, Noel Sturgeon, the ideological significance of these representations comes down to what she defines as “Politics of The Natural”. Through this avenue, this analysis examines Jurassic World as a text and reflection of normalized environmental worldviews, attitudes and values; as well as how these determine where humans place in this “naturalized” hierarchy. This essay will discuss environmental themes in the film, first, through Jurassic World as a symbol for the western ...
An (An)Archive Of Communication: Interactive Toys As Interlocutors,
2018
Humboldt University, Berlin
An (An)Archive Of Communication: Interactive Toys As Interlocutors, Nikita Braguinski
communication +1
In this article, I analyze the Speak & Spell electronic toy (Texas Instruments, 1978) from the perspective of the communication that it enables. I argue that such interactive devices can be seen as archives of future communication. As a media archaeologist working with electronic toys I often find the conceptualizations of these devices as mere tools for playing unsatisfactory. They seem to share more characteristics with archives than with instruments. Like archives, interactive toys hold in themselves a predefined choice of informations and interactions, thus enabling certain modes of inquiry and discouraging others. Especially the electronic toys that draw on algorithms ...
Cultural Techniques Of Mirroring From Lecanomancy To Lacan,
2018
University of Wisconsin - Superior
Cultural Techniques Of Mirroring From Lecanomancy To Lacan, George C. Vollrath
communication +1
Drawing on archaeological and historical evidence about the materials, production techniques, and ritualized use of mirrors in ancient and modern contexts, this paper demonstrates that potentials for self-recognition are subject to the material attributes of mirrors themselves. I argue that any theory of the self in communication theory must foreground mediated techniques of self-recognition if it wishes to understand the concepts of identity and identification in their cultural and historical specificity. I address mirrors from ancient Egypt, Mesoamerica, and Greece, biblical stories, the Middle Ages, the Renaissance, and modern psychological theory. In all cases, I find that a clear link ...
In History, The Future: Determinism In The Early History Of Photography In France,
2018
University of Toronto
In History, The Future: Determinism In The Early History Of Photography In France, Emily Doucet
communication +1
Technological determinism and media specificity have profoundly shaped the history of photography—two strands of thought inherited from nineteenth century predecessors. Media archaeological approaches—while not always explicitly and perhaps, as Thomas Elsaesser has recently suggested, rather as symptom—have been taken up in the history of photography in response to long held narratives shaped by a disciplinary media determinism. This article explores discourses of futurity and historicity in early photographic writing in France, examining one thread in the early trajectory of media determinism in the history of photography. Taking up Eric Kluitenberg’s concept of “imaginary media”, this article ...
Sticky Media. Encounters With Oil Through Imaginary Media Archaeology,
2018
University of Potsdam
Sticky Media. Encounters With Oil Through Imaginary Media Archaeology, Naomie Gramlich
communication +1
This paper investigates how media archaeology and the concept of deep time could be taken literally, by bringing authors of early media studies (McLuhan, Innis) together with contemporary eco-material approaches (Gabrys, Parikka) on the topic of oil. Following these conjunctions of media and oil the article first traces certain prevailing narrations in media studies, before turning to the understanding of oil beyond its industrial uses and its catastrophic dimensions in the petro-imaginary of Satin Island by Tom McCarthy. In terms of imaginary media archeology, petro-imaginary provides a conceptual space in which a new relation of images of material reality to ...
Constructing The Invisible - Computer Graphics And The End Of Optical Media,
2018
Universidad de Antioquia Medellín, Colombia
Constructing The Invisible - Computer Graphics And The End Of Optical Media, Ricardo Cedeño Montaña, Christina Vagt
communication +1
This media archaeology of early computer graphics tackles the relation between the imaginary and technical media. We focus on the algorithmic procedures and mathematical principles driving 3D computer graphics during the 1970’s and we frame them in a discussion about the end of optical media and a reflection on the current situation in which images, commanded by techno-codes, delineate and structure the dominant code of communication with which we imagine. Even though algorithmic simulations of optical worlds do not represent the end of optical media as Friedrich Kittler once argued, computer graphics can be seen retrospectively as an escalation ...
Reason (Vivek),
2018
University of Toronto
Reason (Vivek), J. Barton Scott
Journal of Religion & Film
This is a film review of Reason (Vivek) (2018), directed by Anand Patwardhan.
Ad Vitam,
2018
University of Toronto
Ad Vitam, J. Barton Scott
Journal of Religion & Film
This is a film review of Ad Vitam (2018), directed by Thomas Calley.
A Star Is Born,
2018
Humber College, Toronto
A Star Is Born, Sherry Coman
Journal of Religion & Film
This is a film review of A Star is Born (2018), directed by Bradley Cooper.
Myth And Ritual In Moonrise Kingdom,
2018
Western Illinois University
Myth And Ritual In Moonrise Kingdom, Sarah F. Haynes
Journal of Religion & Film
This essay examines religious themes in Wes Anderson's film Moonrise Kingdom. An analysis of the film reveals the characters utilize ritual and myth as a means of creating knowledge and as the catalyst for a transformation of self. This essay argues that Anderson’s characters construct and interpret their reality, of self and world, by engaging with ritual, myth, and community.
Terrence Malick Beyond Nature And Grace: Song To Song And The Experience Of Forgiveness,
2018
University of Münster
Terrence Malick Beyond Nature And Grace: Song To Song And The Experience Of Forgiveness, Elisa Zocchi
Journal of Religion & Film
In The Tree of Life Terrence Malick poses the question of the relation between the order of grace and the order of nature in the cosmos and in human existence, a question presented through the relation of mother and father in the O'Brien family. The aim of this article is to analyze this issue and to present the role of glory in The Tree of Life as the transfiguration of nature operated by grace. Specifically, the example of forgiveness as one strand of this glory seems to be an helpful tool to understand the movie. Forgiveness, already present in ...
An Old Film In A New Light: Lighting As The Key To Johannine Identity In "Ordet",
2018
University of Otago
An Old Film In A New Light: Lighting As The Key To Johannine Identity In "Ordet", Richard V. Goodwin
Journal of Religion & Film
In his essay on Carl Theodor Dreyer’s Ordet, P. Adams Sitney draws a parallel between the protagonist, Johannes, and John the Evangelist, author of the fourth gospel. He suggests that the delusional Johannes’s sanity returns upon the recovery of his own name, turning on the invocation of his biblical namesake, John the Evangelist. Compelling as Sitney’s is, however, I argue that we arrive at a more helpful interpretation by attending to an aspect that has been largely overlooked in critical discussion of the film: lighting. Careful analysis of the lighting yields a perspective in which Johannes is ...
