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Yesterday, I gave my presentation for a paper I'm working on for my graduate level seminar. I thought that everyone's topics were quite interesting. Here they are, for any other media nerds out there:
Public Access Television, Web Video, and Community Building
Sixteen and Tiger Beat: Teen Fan Magazines as a Location of Convergence
Felicia Day: Starbuiding in a Media Convergent World
Batman: Building a Mythic World in Television and Movies
The Mix-Tape as Resistance and Marker of Authenticity
Alien: Fans, Canon, and Franchise
Canadian Radio, The Internet, and National Identity
The Widescreen Format: A History of Media Formatting
The Fifth Element, Aria, and Constructions of Gender
Chinese Hip-Hop: Authenticity, Race, and Nationality
Motown Records: How Girl Group Aesthetics Serve as Markers of Musical Blackness
Public Access Television, Web Video, and Community Building
Sixteen and Tiger Beat: Teen Fan Magazines as a Location of Convergence
Felicia Day: Starbuiding in a Media Convergent World
Batman: Building a Mythic World in Television and Movies
The Mix-Tape as Resistance and Marker of Authenticity
Alien: Fans, Canon, and Franchise
Canadian Radio, The Internet, and National Identity
The Widescreen Format: A History of Media Formatting
The Fifth Element, Aria, and Constructions of Gender
Chinese Hip-Hop: Authenticity, Race, and Nationality
Motown Records: How Girl Group Aesthetics Serve as Markers of Musical Blackness