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The Ecstatic Gestalt in Werner Herzog’s Cave of Forgotten Dreams — Kevin Fisher

Aug 6, 2014 | Film, Volume 24

Abstract: Werner Herzog’s Cave of Forgotten Dreams (2010) has been celebrated as the first non-gratuitous use of 3-D: perfectly suited to revealing the interior of the cave and the naturalistic environment in which it is situated, as opposed to immersing the spectator...

Attached To My Devices: Across Individual, Collective and Panspectric worlds — John Farnsworth

Aug 6, 2014 | Digital Media/Internet, Volume 24

Abstract: Attachment is a complex subject in the psychological literature. In this paper, affect and attachment is discussed in relation to mobile devices and new technologies. This opens up questions about how we consider attachment in relation to individuals and to...

Vertical Framing: Authenticity and New Aesthetic Practice in Online Videos — Miriam Ross

Aug 6, 2014 | Digital Media/Internet, Film, Uncategorized, Volume 24

Abstract: In recent years there has been much focus on the opportunities that mobile media devices (phones, tablets) offer for user-generated audio-video production. Most often this focus has concentrated on content with emphasis on new citizen journalism and YouTube...

Editorial: Intermediations — Kevin Fisher & Holly Randell-Moon

Aug 6, 2014 | Animation, Digital Media/Internet, fan culture, Film, Television, Uncategorized, Volume 24

This special issue developed out the Intermediations symposium held at the University of Otago on May 31, 2013,[1] and on the invitation of keynote speaker and Refractory Editor, Angela Ndalianis. Presenters at this symposium who have contributed essays here include...

Volume 23, 2014

Jun 26, 2014 | Browse Past Volumes, fan culture, Film, Games, Television, Uncategorized, Volume 23

Themed Issue: Transmedia Horror Edited by Jessica Balanzategui & Naja Later   Contents 1. The Comfort and Disquiet of Transmedia Horror in Higurashi: When They Cry (Higurashi no naku koro ni) – Brian Ruh 2. Jodi Arias in the Public Sphere: Rhetorics of...

Trafficking in the Zombie: The CDC Zombie Apocalypse Campaign, Diseaseability and Pandemic Culture – Neil Gerlach & Sheryl N. Hamilton

Jun 26, 2014 | Digital Media/Internet, Film, Other, Uncategorized, Urban Space, Volume 23

On May 16, 2011, the Director of the Office of Public Health Preparedness and Response for the United States Centers for Disease Control, Dr. Ali S. Khan, did something unusual. He did something that irrevocably changed the ways in which public health agencies around...
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