Critical Theory in a Digital Age, CCU, ENGL 483 2017Main MenuTheory, English 483, CCU, 2017Alisha Petrizzo, Reproducing a ClassicTaking a look at how film can enhance or distort the authenticity of its original literature formatJocie Scherkenbach, Real Identity in a Virtual World: How Social Media Affects IdentityUsing the idea of cyborgs, as defined by Donna Haraway's "Cyborg Manifesto" the comparison is made between these cyborgs and social media users and how the public and private space converge and diverge within these spaces in order to form new and differing identities than the real-world identity.Kaitlin Schell, Electracy in #BlackLivesMatter and #MeTooMainstream hashtags that represent a movement in the physical world are explored in terms of Gregory Ulmer's theory of electracy and connotations.Kayla Jessop, The Uncanny Valley: Observations on Cyborgs within the Film IndustryA scholarly observation on how film industries use Freud's idea of the uncanny and the uncanny valley within cyborgs and computer generated animation.Bilingualism Through An Electronic Hypertext and The Baroque Simulacrum it Creates By: Lindsey MorganBy: Lindsey MorganMarcus Kinley, The Uncanny in Flatliners (1990)Tiffany Hancock, The Panopticon of CommoditiesYaicha Ocampo - Marx's Favorite LatteThe relationship between the simulacrum and the fetish commodityLeila Hassak-Digital Labor Through The Dystopian Film Hunger GamesElizabeth Tabor, From 'Token Girl' To 'Leading Lady'How The Rise In Female Fans Affects Modern Popular CultureKyle Malanowski, The Uncanny WithinVictor Cocco , The Wonderfully Mysterious World of the UncannyIntroductionAriel Ellerson : The Public Sphere's Effect on Social Media and ChurchTiffany Whisenant, Cyborg ProsthesisLooking at how technology is used to augment ourselves and how technology becomes extensions of our body and soul.Jen Boyle54753b17178fb39025a916cc07e3cb6dd7dbaa99
#MeToo
1media/MeToo-twitter-image.jpg2017-12-11T22:55:04-08:00Kaitlin Schellf5894eea10a50fa9cbed74088e86540e6fef01302602012page 5plain2017-12-14T15:39:47-08:00Kaitlin Schellf5894eea10a50fa9cbed74088e86540e6fef0130#MeToo creates a community of women who have struggled with similar experiences with sexual harassment. Seth Myers addresses the society in which this sexual harassment was built in his video about systemic sexism within days of the surfacing of #MeToo. He uses his standing as a man in a position of power who is sympathetic to sexual harassment to address this social issue, rather than using a platform such as Twitter. In the video, he makes real references to ongoing issues with sexual harassment committed by powerful men such as Donald Trump and Harvey Weinstein. The video, in its entirety, stands as a symbol for electracy, as this grand issue is being brought to the attention of all of its viewers via video and can be viewed more than once at the viewer’s convenience because of its accessibility on YouTube.Video is a huge proponent of electracy, as composing video seems to be a language in and of itself, but they prove to be very informative, especially in the case of Seth Myers video. He uses quite a bit of humor throughout the video, but his sarcastic undertones prove that he is serious about this topic of sexual harassment and abuse. He uses humor to attract and keep his audience, which is a feature used by many celebrities like him who publicly speak about corruption because humor is highly valued by today’s society as a result of entertainment value in all things. The use of electracy is mostly for entertainment, but technology has been repurposed to be more useful over the years. Despite it becoming more useful, though, entertainment still lies at its core with aesthetics being demanded highly by its users as well as functionality. These minor aspects of electracy bleed into culture as a whole and as a result, society tends to value entertainment in most aspects of their lives, which is why it is important for Seth Myers to remain humorous throughout his video so that his audience gives him a higher entertainment value. Electracy allows for high levels of stimulation and this changes the way people want to be entertained; you must work for their attention since it is so easy to find something that may be more aesthetically pleasing or more entertaining. Therefore, this video truly is symbolic of electracy as it institutes the rhetoric necessary to attract and maintain an audience.
12017-12-14T13:59:27-08:00Ellen Says #MeToo1Ellen joined the millions of people who have come forward as part of the #MeToo movement, and applauded their courage for speaking out.plain2017-12-14T13:59:27-08:00YouTube2017-10-19T13:00:15.000ZmmYgdOTPE3wTheEllenShow
12017-12-14T14:04:08-08:00Harvey Weinstein, Donald Trump and Systemic Sexism: A Closer Look1Seth Takes a closer look at how powerful men in entertainment and politics - from Harvey Weinstein to Donald Trump - abuse their power to silence, bully or coerce. ยป Subscribe to Late Night:...plain2017-12-14T14:04:08-08:00YouTube2017-10-13T01:00:02.000ZoKzFGhlFqqELate Night with Seth Meyers
