The Social Sinthome,
2023
Pomona College
The Social Sinthome, Ryan Engley
CLCWeb: Comparative Literature and Culture
Much of the critical discourse on social media misidentifies its problematic features as bugs, or problems to solve. Supposed solutions to these problems tend to focus on individual actions. We should delete the apps, own our own data, never click on recommended videos, and realize that we are the product. But if predatory algorithms succeed by individuating people—selling people “choice” and “options” as it harvests user data—then an entire online ecosystem arranged through the logic of that design can neither be meaningfully challenged nor effectively understood at the level of the individual alone. Transformative action addressing social media can only …
Lacan And The Algorithm,
2023
Simon Fraser University
Lacan And The Algorithm, Clint Burnham
CLCWeb: Comparative Literature and Culture
Exploring the development of algorithms in Lacanian theory, specifically the "R schema" in the 1950s, I argue that psychoanalysis, read through contemporary debates about the "algorithmic cult" of Netflix and other avatars of popular culture, can be said to reveal the inhuman, machinic essence of subjectivity. The etiology of algorithms, mathemes, and other formulae and diagrams in Lacan’s oeuvre has been under-studied, in part because for some readers they are not as attractive as his more bravura flourishes of word play as exegetical excess, and in part because they derive largely from the ‘hard’ structuralist moment of his work in …
Platform Psychoanalysis: What Does The Algorithm Want?,
2023
University of Winnipeg
Platform Psychoanalysis: What Does The Algorithm Want?, Matthew Flisfeder
CLCWeb: Comparative Literature and Culture
No abstract provided.
The Bachelor Franchise: Every Rose Has Its Thorn,
2023
St. John Fisher University
The Bachelor Franchise: Every Rose Has Its Thorn, Olivia Green
Soaring: A Journal of Undergraduate Research
No abstract provided.
Me, Myself, And My Muppets,
2023
Kennesaw State University
Me, Myself, And My Muppets, Sara Jones
Emerging Writers
In this personal narrative, the author explores her relationship and upbringing in relation to Jim Henson’s Muppets. She illustrates her experience at puppet camps, on long Muppet-filled road trips, and the special connection her mother and her share with the Muppets. Find out how the Muppets have shaped the author’s life, morals, and aspirations, as well as how Jim Henson’s creations have influenced and brought joy to past generations and future generations to come.
Representation Of South Asia In American Television,
2023
Eastern Illinois University
Representation Of South Asia In American Television, Zahin Zaima
Masters Theses
No abstract provided.
Identity And Perception Among Aspec Consumers Of Mass Media,
2023
University of Kentucky
Identity And Perception Among Aspec Consumers Of Mass Media, Jericho Franke
Theses and Dissertations--Communication
The portrayals of sex and romance, as well as asexuality and aromanticism, in mass media can have a profound impact on the way asexual and aromantic media consumers view relationships and their own identities, and affect the perception and treatment of the aspec community as a whole. This study uses mixed qualitative methods of online discourse analysis and participant interviews to examine the how mass media has shaped the self-perception and life experiences relating to sex and romance among aspec audience members.
Finding Aid For The Gary Hawkins Multimedia Collection (Mum00705),
2023
University of Mississippi
Finding Aid For The Gary Hawkins Multimedia Collection (Mum00705)
Archives & Special Collections: Finding Aids (alphabetical)
Physical and digital files including moving image files, audio, photographs, small manuscripts, and ephemera related to the films Joe and The Rough South of Larry Brown created by filmmaker Gary Hawkins.
’90s “It Girls”: Britpop At The Postfeminist Intermezzo,
2023
University of Wolverhampton
’90s “It Girls”: Britpop At The Postfeminist Intermezzo, Benjamin Halligan
Journal of Feminist Scholarship
In considering the Britpop genre of music and its moment of popularity in the mid/late-1990s, the few female-fronted Britpop groups created space for more compelling articulations of existential matters than were to be found in standard Britpop fare. This article argues these articulations are most appropriately read as arising from a moment of feminist thought in transition: a premature “victory,” under the sign of postfeminism, in which the struggles of Second Wave feminists could be seen to have delivered equality. This moment results in an encroaching and contested sense of entry into maturity, and a loss of youth. The groups …
New Frontiers In Technology: Can Traditional Intellectual Property Rights Laws Be Adapted And Applied To Nfts?,
2023
Catholic University of America (Student)
New Frontiers In Technology: Can Traditional Intellectual Property Rights Laws Be Adapted And Applied To Nfts?, Mariyah S. Wakhariya
Catholic University Journal of Law and Technology
A decade ago, ‘NFTs’ were rarely heard of or known to anyone, unless they worked in or kept up with the tech world. However, they are not new - they have been around for almost two decades. Their popularity has grown over the past few years. ‘NFT’ stands for ‘non-fungible token’. An NFT is a digital file with a unique identity that is verified on a blockchain and is therefore not interchangeable - i.e., a kind of crypto asset, like an authentication certificate for digital artifacts. In theory, NFTs can represent almost any real or intangible property. These days, it …
Constance After Dark,
2023
The University of Akron
Constance After Dark, Connor Vanmaele
Williams Honors College, Honors Research Projects
Constance After Dark is an episodic screenplay, outlining the beginning, middle and end of a television comedy pilot. Set in Ohio, the story follows Brooks Riegler in his first semester at the fictional “Constance College” as he navigates the ups and downs of university life at the lowest ranked school in the state. Due to a class taught by the eccentric and nefarious Dr. Mars, Brooks learns to open up to hyperactive athletes, obsessive overachievers, and even strange, mysterious men urinating on the side of the road. Brooks, Cassidy, Jenny and Guy form a tight-knit and unlikely bond in a …
The Cyclotron An Animated Motion Picture,
2023
University of the Pacific
The Cyclotron An Animated Motion Picture, Oliver A. Livoni
University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations
The study of the atom received great impetus from the invention of the cyclotron in 1932 by Dr. E. 0. Lawrence of the University of California. Many valuable discoveries and many possibilities for future investigations have resulted directly from its use. So important is the cyclotron that every high school and college student should have a knowledge of the basic principles of the machine and its operation.
Hope Channel Ukraine As "The Spiritual Front": Mediatization Of Religion In The War Against Ukraine,
2023
V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University, Ukraine
Hope Channel Ukraine As "The Spiritual Front": Mediatization Of Religion In The War Against Ukraine, Maksym Balaklytskyi
Occasional Papers on Religion in Eastern Europe
Hope Channel Ukraine (Nadiia TV in Ukrainian) claims to be “the first Christian TV channel in Ukraine.” During the Russian invasion of 2022, its main innovation was the “All-Ukrainian HOPE Marathon” program. It is a live program that is being aired from February 28 to June 22 in morning and evening blocks of one and a half hours. For the first months, the Marathon was broadcast daily without a day off. Since September, it has been aired twice a week under the title “Spiritual Front.” “All-Ukrainian HOPE Marathon ”became the largest live project of Hope Channel Ukraine during its conventional …
The Burden Of Artificiality: Always The Servant, Never The Patron,
2023
Claremont Colleges
The Burden Of Artificiality: Always The Servant, Never The Patron, Alia Biswas
Scripps Senior Theses
I examine three robots in Science Fiction, Data from the television series Star Trek: The Next Generation, David from the movie A.I.: Artificial Intelligence, and Deckard from the novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? to examine how they are analogous to marginalized bodies. I analyze how the marginalization of robots works to disorient robots so their labor can be extracted, as I focus through their embodiment of a happy object, and how their desire is directed towards the narrative of the good life, the myth that a happy life is achieved through adhering to heteronormativity. I use heteronormativity as …
I Am (A)Part: Ang Sahaya Sa Pananaw Ng Mga Badjaw At Manlilikha Ng Epikserye,
2022
De La Salle University Integrated School, Manila
I Am (A)Part: Ang Sahaya Sa Pananaw Ng Mga Badjaw At Manlilikha Ng Epikserye, Janil C. Manguerra, Hailey Jerrimee Y. Ng, Joy Christian Emmanuelle P. Rivera, Katharine O. Villano, Raphaelle Jazmine D. Rodriguez, Christian P. Gopez
Sinaya: A Philippine Journal for Senior High School Teachers and Students
Karaniwang mali, kulang, o labis ang paglalarawan ng midya sa mga katutubong pamayanan. Subalit, limitadong-limitado ang mga pag-aaral na nakatuon sa pagsusuri sa motibo ng mga manlilikha ng palabas at maging sa pagtanggap ng mismong mga katutubong pamayanan sa mga produktong pangmidya. Sa ganitong konteksto, nilayon ng pag-aaral na ilarawan ang intensyon ng mga lumikha ng epikseryeng Sahaya at suriin ang naging resepsyon ng mga katutubong Badjaw na pangunahing itinampok sa palabas. Kinapanayam sa pag-aaral sina Zig Dulay at Suzette Doctolero, ang direktor at head scriptwriter ng Sahaya, gayundin ang komunidad ng Badjaw partikular ang Sama-Dilaut mula sa Tawi-tawi. Napag-alaman …
Football Can Save America,
2022
Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism
Football Can Save America, Francisco Attie
Capstones
Looking to cure the malaise of our day, I went to the football game, and, in the dying breaths of the match, found something much greater. https://medium.com/@Fran_Attie/football-can-save-america-2bb918f19a97
Flying Hope: Bringing Pets To Safety In Nyc,
2022
Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism
Flying Hope: Bringing Pets To Safety In Nyc, Jose D. Santiago-Morales
Capstones
The animal overcrowding issue is impacting stray pets in Puerto Rico. Various not-for-profit organizations in NYC (The Sato Project and Wings of Rescue) are working to bring these animals from the island to states across the Northeast of the United States and helping by finding them their forever homes. One pet at a time.
https://dansantiagojournalist.wordpress.com/2023/10/01/flying-hope-bringing-pets-to-safety-in-nyc/
Biblography For George Takei Display,
2022
Chapman University
Biblography For George Takei Display, Ruby Blakesleay
Library Displays and Bibliographies
A bibliography created to accompany a display about George Takei in November 2022 at the Leatherby Libraries to commemorate his visit to Chapman University.
Audiovisual Afterlives: The Soundtrack Of Liberal Nostalgia,
2022
CUNY Graduate Center
Audiovisual Afterlives: The Soundtrack Of Liberal Nostalgia, Max W. Kaplan
Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects
Following the 2016 American Presidential election, celebrity endorsements proved to be a more narrow gauge of public opinion than ever. The symbolic alignment with popular musicians, which had long abetted the Democratic Party’s standing with youth and particular identity groups, seemed only to reaffirm the party’s establishment status, drawing disavowal in a wave of anti-establishment sentiment on both the left and right. ‘Retromania,’ a term first coined by Simon Reynolds in 2010, can be tracked conceptually from the nostalgic inclinations of twenty-first century popular culture to the ideological sphere, where nostalgic, essentialized constructions of community, identity, and progress have coalesced …
Destination Icaic: Cosmopolitan Intellectuals, Documentary Film And The Image Of The Cuban 1960s,
2022
CUNY Graduate Center
Destination Icaic: Cosmopolitan Intellectuals, Documentary Film And The Image Of The Cuban 1960s, Gabriel Arce-Riocabo Rollins
Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects
This study analyzes the interaction between foreign intellectuals and ICAIC (Instituto cubano de artes e industrias cinematográficas) in shaping the image of Cuba in the 1960s. I make the case that the idea of Revolution was a product of cosmopolitan intellectual engagement and that in this process documentary film was a privileged medium. By tracing the development of normative stories of commitment, cosmopolitanism, and aesthetic experimentation embodied both in written texts and travel essay films, I argue that such circulation destabilizes fixed ideas of Cuban, Revolutionary or Intellectual. The archive of Danish filmmaker and ICAIC collaborator Theodor Christensen as well …
