Tag Archives: Jean Burgess

CELEBRITY as COMMODITY FETISH: Recycle Those Tropes and Posers

Posted on January 6, 2011 by Dave

For better or worse….Celebrities are not diversions for our society anymore; they are the basis of our social and economic lives.The worship of celebrity, for many is a religion fabricated and patented piecemeal out of the hollowness of some foregone … Continue reading →

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CHIT CHAT: F9 ROULETTE & KEEP YOUR PANTS ON

Posted on December 16, 2010 by Dave

Mashable: “Other points of interest from the interview are the fact that Ternovskiy has yet to collect his Google AdWords earnings, as he’s is still under 18, that he’s been offered a $1 million buy-out, and that last month 30 … Continue reading →

Posted in Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion, Marketing/Advertising/Media, Miscellaneous | Tagged Alex Leavitt, Andrey Ternovskiy, Anna Van Someren, Anne Helmond, Ben Folds, Ben Huh, Brennon Slattery, Casey Neistat, Christopher Mims, Danah Boyd, Dr. Susan Blackmore, Dwight Silverman, Henry Jenkins, Jean Burgess, Joshua Green, Limor Shifman, Peter Levine, Sam Ford, Shawn Fanning, Stephen Coleman, Stephen Duncombe, Tama Leaver, Tim Hwang | 1 Comment

KNOCKING OFF YOGI BEAR :Take A No.2 In The New Woods?

Posted on December 16, 2010 by Dave

Any platform that can be used to trade cat pictures can bring down a government – Ethan Zuckerman. The fundamental questions are all about what this new participatory and convergent culture will be like. Is participation the new consumption? It is … Continue reading →

Posted in Cinema/Visual/Audio, Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion, Marketing/Advertising/Media, Miscellaneous | Tagged Amber Case, Anna Van Someren, Antonella Napolitano, Aymar Jean Christian, Ben Huh, Ben Popper, Casey Rae-Hunter, Ceci Moss, Claire Bishop, Dan Ackerman Greenberg, Dominick Chen, Dr. Susan Blackmore, Edmund Earle, Ethan Zuckerman, Gabriella Coleman, George Lucas, Henry Jenkins, James Cameron, Jean Burgess, Jonathan Zilltrain, Laura Adams, Lev Grossman, Limor Shifman, Marcin Ramocki, Nicholas Bourriaud, Noessa Higa, Peter Burger, Peter Levine, Robert Putnam, Russ Fischer, Sarah Louise Baker, Scott Beale, Stephen Coleman, Stephen Duncombe, Susan Blackmore Memes, Yogi Bear mashup | Leave a comment

PARTICIPATORY CULTURE: New Constellation-Same Star System?

Posted on December 15, 2010 by Dave

It has not taken long to see the boundaries between television and the web to collapse, or or least for each to recognize a common interest. Perhaps a question of the money of established media chasing the ideas of the … Continue reading →