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Full-Text Articles in Film and Media Studies
Media Sports Stars: Masculinities And Moralities (Book Review), Andrew C. Miller
Media Sports Stars: Masculinities And Moralities (Book Review), Andrew C. Miller
Communication, Media & The Arts Faculty Publications
Book review by Andrew C. Miller.
Whannel, G. (2002). Media sports stars: Masculinities and moralities. Routledge.
Celebrity Memes, Audioshop, And Participatory Fan Culture: A Case Study On Keanu Reeves Memes, Danielle Nielsen, Diane Sabenacio Nititham
Celebrity Memes, Audioshop, And Participatory Fan Culture: A Case Study On Keanu Reeves Memes, Danielle Nielsen, Diane Sabenacio Nititham
Faculty & Staff Research and Creative Activity
Contemporary meme culture keeps Keanu Reeves' image at the forefront of our imagination. Numerous Keanu-related memes circulate on the internet, featuring images of him from on and off screen. In this article, we argue that the rise of user-generated content, such as memes and social media, requires us to reconsider how audiences and fans consume, adapt, and circulate Keanu’s stardom. Specifically, we contend that memes and their attending participatory culture make Keanu familiar by placing him in knowable spaces and perpetuating his extraordinary ordinariness. To do so, we examine the 2019 ‘Keanu Reeves Walking in Slow Motion’ video clip from …
Cathodisms, Stéphane Spoiden
Cathodisms, Stéphane Spoiden
Studies in 20th & 21st Century Literature
At a time when European television is undergoing constant change, it is undoubtedly more opportune than ever to talk about it, less perhaps because it would be "mediocratized"' than because new multimedia techniques which are developing at the current time could render it obsolete or at least radically transform it...