Content tagged "entertainment"
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Posted by Andrew Whitacre and Elizabeth Borneman
Podcast: Anushka Shah, “How Entertainment Can Help Fix the System”
Anushka Shah asks, our trust in politics and public institutions is falling globally — can entertainment and pop culture be a way out?
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Posted by Andrew Whitacre
Parmesh Shahani, SM ’05: “Drawing Inspiration from Mumbai”
From the MIT Technology Review’s alumni notes comes this piece on Parmesh Shahani, CMS master’s class of 2005.
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Posted by Andrew Whitacre
From the CMS archive: “The Real World’s Faker than Wrestling: Former WWE Champion and Best-Selling Author Mick Foley”
Mick Foley, one of the top wrestling performers of the past decade, talked about his experiences as an entertainer and bestselling author.
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Event: Tuesday, December 1, 2009 @ 5:15 pm
Comparative Media Insights: “Viva Las Vegas: a Neo-Baroque Conception of the World”
Angela Ndalianis analyze how Las Vegas — a city-as-monument to entertainment and leisure culture — has appropriated tropes and modes of engagement taken from pre-20th Century high culture traditions of the Church and aristocracy.
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Event: Friday, November 20, 2009 - Saturday, November 21, 2009
Futures of Entertainment 4
Futures of Entertainment 4 once again brings together key industry leaders and academic scholars who are shaping these new directions in our culture.
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Posted by Andrew Whitacre
Video and podcast: “Popular Culture and the Political Imagination”
Might the political consciousness of the new generation be taking shape in and around popular culture? Are we seeing a blurring of the roles of citizen and consumer?
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Posted by Andrew Whitacre
CMS alum Parmesh Shahani on promoting brands in Bollywood films
Parmesh Shahani: “The film, through the reach of Bollywood, will be our ambassador abroad.”
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Posted by Orit Kuritsky S.M., Comparative Media Studies, 2009
Topics: audience, culture, entertainment, FlyLady, genre studies, industry, makeovers, materialism, media, media properties, What Not to WearTransformational Tales: Media, Makeovers, and Material Culture
American makeover culture, thorough detailed case studies that represent an increasing confluence of commerce, entertainment, and, at times, spirituality.
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Posted by CMS/W
Podcast: Futures of Entertainment 2: “Opening Remarks (Day Two)”
With Jason Mittell, Middlebury College; Jonathan Gray, Fordham University; and Lee Harrington, Miami University
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Posted by CMS/W
Podcast: Futures of Entertainment 2: “Fan Labor”
What do we gain by applying a theory of labor to think about the invisible work performed by fans and other consumers within the new media economy?
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Event: Friday, November 16, 2007 - Saturday, November 17, 2007
Futures of Entertainment 2
Developments in advertising, cult media, metrics, measurement, and accounting for audiences, cultural labor and audience relations.
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Posted by Sam Ford S.M., Comparative Media Studies, 2007
Topics: archives, As the World Turns, CBS, convergence culture, entertainment, industry, serial drama, soap operas, storytelling, televisionAs the World Turns in a Convergence Culture
How the soap opera industry is and could be further adapting to the technological and social changes of a convergence culture to maintain and revitalize the genre’s relevance for viewers and advertisers alike.
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Posted by Alec Austin S.M., Comparative Media Studies, 2007
Topics: 52, audiences, Civil War, entertainment, genre, House, Magic: The Gathering, marketing, television, Veronica MarsExpectations Across Entertainment Media
The implicit contract between the purveyor of an entertainment property and their audience, and the consequences of frustrating audience expectations.
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Posted by CMS/W
Podcast: Mick Foley, “The Real World”s Faker than Wrestling”
Mick Foley, one of the top wrestling performers of the past decade, talked about his experiences as an entertainer and bestselling author who has written three memoirs.
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Event: Thursday, March 22, 2007 @ 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm
“This One’s Gonna Be a Slobberknocker”: A Q&A with WWE’s “Good Ol’ J.R.” Jim Ross
Jim Ross, the longtime voice of World Wrestling Entertainment, joins CMS graduate student Sam Ford to discuss the unique blend of reality and fiction in the world of American professional wrestling.