The Rhetorist

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The Prostitution of Robots in The Panopticon

Image ©SVEDKA Liquor companies have been using female models to push their wares since anyone alive today can recall. Yesterday, I saw this model on the side of a truck. As robot models start to replace living models in society, we see their roles take on rather predicable tasks. Last  [ Read More ]

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“Ground Control to Player Tim…”

In what is bound to tick off macho men and evangelical Christians everywhere, the rhythmic moniker ‘Homo Tebow’ has raised its ugly little head and stuck like white on rice to football superstar Tim Tebow, despite heavily televised displays of his religious fervor and reported relationship with a girlfriend that  [ Read More ]

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Hitting The Book

Forced back into the career realities today as my book review for Invisible Culture is due tomorrow. In the works for a really long time, will be refreshing to submit this and put it behind me. The book I am reviewing is Critical Terms for Media Studies, edited by W.J.T.  [ Read More ]

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New Media Wars: How and Why The Guardian O

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Why I Deactivated Facebook

(S.urveillance) (T.imeline) (O.bligation) (P.rivacy) S.urveillance - From cookies and the curious to ...

A Time To Rule and A Time To Resign

UC Davis Assistant Professor Nathan Brown has demanded the immediate resignation of ...

Cracking Up in Cracovia

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