Category Archives: media

Thoughts on a Master’s Dissertation

by admin Posted on July 29, 2011

A few months ago, I undertook a study of contemporary social media through a sociological study of the iPhone instagram app. The research project was multidimensional: I used the app for four-weeks, interacting with other users and sharing images I … Continue reading →

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Into the Social Media Maelstrom

by admin Posted on March 22, 2011

After six months studying at Cambridge, the time has come to undertake a final dissertation project. As an M. Phil in Modern Society and Global Transformation (just Sociology really), I have been challenged to think about the ways in which … Continue reading →

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Anthologize Now

by admin Posted on August 9, 2010

or, the perpetual need for binding and boundaries in discourse “You can’t win, Darth. If you strike me down, I shall become more powerful than you could possibly imagine.” – Obi-Wan Kenobi The book has not, and will not, die. … Continue reading →

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reviving the kino-eye

by admin Posted on June 20, 2010

i will off to ireland it just a few days to shoot a documentary on gaelic games. the documentary is sponsored by an at&t “new media” fellowship and was organized by the watson institute at brown. i’m thrilled to be … Continue reading →

Posted in adventure, art, Culture, culture studies, film, media, media humanism, newport, rhode island, travel, video | Tagged documentary, film theory, history, media humanism, video | Leave a comment

Is Myst a Mythology of the Hyperlink?

by admin Posted on January 11, 2010

In 1993, Cyan published a game called Myst marooning the nascent gaming world onto a mysterious island whose parts interacted like some sinister engine waiting to re-stoked after countless years un-used. The cover featured a perspectival overview of the island, … Continue reading →

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the browser’s frieze

by admin Posted on November 3, 2009

over the summer, i got a chance to see gustav klimt’s beethoven frieze nestled in the basement of the architecturally stunning (but otherwise uninteresting) secession building. having had no idea before of the mere existence of the beethoven frieze i … Continue reading →

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The Invasive Ether

by admin Posted on July 29, 2009

Now that the internet has become an ambience, we have become enveloped by it. Just ten years ago, society traveled to the internet. It was something somewhat site-specific, a cafe, a library, a corporate office. At that point, the internet … Continue reading →

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Notes on a DVD

by admin Posted on June 7, 2009

I have long believed that film students and critics need a real (or reel if you will excuse the pun) tool for critically annotating film. Now that DVD technology has advanced enough, I imagined a program or even a simple … Continue reading →

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non-profit newspapers?

by admin Posted on March 24, 2009

the non-profit newspaper idea appears to be getting some traction. from early op-eds in the new york times kicking the idea around, to senator Benjamin Cardin (D-MD) introducing a bill to establish a non-profit status for newspapers, it appears that … Continue reading →

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This Week In Film Theory: Sergei Eisenstein

by admin Posted on March 20, 2009

i’ve been taking an outstanding film theory class with phil rosen this semester. rosen, it tuns out, is kind of the reigning critical perspective on the authors we are reading: eisenstein, bazin, munsterberg, etc. a couple of weeks ago, in … Continue reading →

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