Interested in media studies and society? A fan of Amy Goodman and Democracy Now? Come to the 9th Annual Critical Themes in Media Studies Conference at The New School! As part of the organizing committee, I helped evaluate the papers selected for presentation, and I can tell you Saturday promises to offer an engaging and [...]
Posted on March 30th, 2009 by DeepthiW
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I occasionally stumble across Meghan McCain‘s commentaries, mostly found on The Daily Beast, and am always confused by what I read. The daughter of John MCain is likeable, smart, and reasonable. She hates Ann Coulter. She’s also trying to revamp the Republican party’s image with younger people and give the old guard tips on how [...]
Posted on March 17th, 2009 by DeepthiW
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Witness the fruits of my slightly tedious labor! The following is an excerpt from Man with a Movie Camera, an experimental 1929 silent documentary film by Russian director Dziga Vertov. Our teacher gave us four minutes to score, which I did with samples courtesy of the free sound project, archive.org and disparition.net. Favorite part? Matching [...]
Posted on March 16th, 2009 by DeepthiW
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I went to the NYT homepage today, to see this image summing up the unrest in Pakistan. An honest picture, brutal and emotionally turbulent. Where were those images during the Iraq war? Where are they now? Why were they deigned too disturbing to the fragile American psyche to display? The answers are as repugnant as [...]
Posted on March 15th, 2009 by DeepthiW
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I started working with Hope To Action to redesign their blog called Women of Influence, and ended up helming a full site redesign from start to finish in about six weeks. Hope To Action’s new website serves as a full-service online community site supporting women’s grassroots efforts for climate protection. Check out the new site! [...]
Posted on March 12th, 2009 by DeepthiW
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An estimated 49 million Americans watched President Obama’s inaugural address, breaking records for TV audiences as well as online views and streams (de Moraes). Tens of millions of Europeans watched it on their TV sets alongside millions more throughout the rest of the world, although the rest of the world went uncounted in the mainstream [...]
Posted on March 1st, 2009 by DeepthiW
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