media studies
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It’s February 6th, a day like any other, right? WRONG! On this day, a momentous event occurred in the world of Pokémon. On this day, the world was blessed with the birth of one of the most powerful and iconic creatures of all time: Mewtwo. That’s right, folks. February 6th is the day Mew finally…
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Homestuck Fans: Media Theory and the Fans that became Home-Stuck, Igniting a Shift in the Zeitgeist
community, cultural awareness, e learning, education, fan culture, fandom, fanfiction, Homestuck, immersive, instructional design, internet culture, learning, media convergence, media studies, multimedia literacy, narrative, online media, participatory culture, social media, subculture, transmedia storytelling, webcomic, webcomics
One of the most striking aspects of Homestuck is its massive and dedicated fanbase. The comic’s interactive elements and its use of internet culture references have helped to create a sense of community among readers, who often participate in discussions, fan art, and fan fiction.
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Call for papers: Doing Global Media Studies: Theories, Practices, Reflections, CARGC symposium, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA, … CFP CARGC: Global Media Studies 2023 (USA)
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What do Michael Foucault and Avatar: The Last Airbender have in common? Me! Doing media studies, thinking about it too much, and ontological linguistics. What am I even talking about? Join in the discussion to find out. #mediastudies #fandom #philosophy
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FLCL Retrospective: The Hero’s (Horny) Journey
anime, anthropology, Art, book review, comparative literature, critical analysis, critical theory, culture, fable, fairytale, film studies, film theory, FLCL, folklore, Gux, hero’s journey, japanese, japanese literature, Joseph Campbell, literary analysis, literary studies, lore, manga, media critic, media studies, media theory, myth, Mythology, pop culture, pop culture studies, review, storytelling, surrealism, television, tropes, ui, urban legend, UxFLCL, oh gimme that foo-ri coo-ri. The early 2000’s found me sneaking into my mom’s tv room to catch Adult Swim’s broadcast of a bizarre six-episode… what I would call event, about yet another boy caught up in mecha-madness. Now, before I managed to write this off as some offbrand random wannabe EVA, I found…
Nicholas Andriani Rankin, the Wandering Scholar 