Teaching this Old Horse some New Teaching Tricks
This semester I have experimented a lot with my teaching and classroom policies. While implementing new policies certainly adds more work (and frustration) to an already busy semester, my hope […]
Category Archives: The Internets
“To Dance Again!”: Affect, Genre, and the HARRY POTTER Franchise
This week I attended the annual Society for Cinema and Media Studies conference in Chicago. I decided to share the paper I presented there as part of the panel, “Affect […]
The Most Objective “Best of 2012″ List Ever, Part III: Social Media
Earlier this week I posted “Part I: Television” and “Part II: Memes” of “The Most Objective ‘Best of 2012′ List Ever.” There doesn’t seem to be much enthusiasm for these […]
The Most Objective “Best of 2012″ List Ever, Part II: Memes
Over the weekend I posted Part I of ”The Most Objective ‘Best of 2012′ List Ever,” focusing on why I think Wilfred is the best, or at least the most […]
The Most Objective “Best of 2012″ List Ever, Part I: Television
Around this time of year, every newspaper, magazine, and blog offers up some form of the ”Best Of” list, chronicling the best films, television series (or episodes), music, books, Broadway […]
You Always Remember Your First Time
Last weekend I attended the Society for Cinema and Media Studies’ conference in Boston.* SCMS is certainly the largest conference in my field (this year’s conference featured 420 individual sessions across 5 […]
Nota Bene #3: Cruising with Kate Gosselin
This is real, dear readers. Kate Gosselin, former star of Jon & Kate Plus 8, and more recent star of the “Celebrity Plastic Surgery Gone Wrong” section of your favorite […]
I Can Haz Nyan Cat?
The other day I was reading an article a friend of mine (Melisser, this is ALL your fault) shared on Facebook. The article, “The 50 Greatest Internet Memes of 2011,” […]
First Contact: Early Reflections on Google+
Currently, I’m on a beach vacation with my family in Long Beach Island, NJ. This would normally mean that the only thing I read is US Weekly and the only thing […]
Compulsory Masculinity on the JERSEY SHORE
When criticizing an artifact of popular culture people often toss out hyperboles like “It’s everything that’s wrong with this world.” Well, you know what? Jersey Shore really is everything that’s […]
