Hi all, This week’s In Media Res line-up: (http://mediacommons.futureofthebook.org): Monday, October 29, 2007 – Roberta Pearson (University of Nottingham) presents: “Dharma Orientation Film”. Tuesday, October 30, 2007 – Judd Ruggill (University of Arizona) presents: “‘I’m Here Because I’m Bored’: Getting at the Nature of Ludic Computation” Wednesday, October 31, 2007 – Tasha Oren (University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee) presents: “After Macaca: Virginia’s Next Youtube Moment” Thursday, November 1, 2007 – Jennifer Petersen (Tulane University) presents: “The 60s Counterculture as Musical” Friday, November 2, 2007 – Chuck Tryon (Fayetteville State University) presents: “‘Just Like Ann Coulter:’ Political Parody on the Web” Please check out these wonderful contributions and offer your thoughts via a comment. http://mediacommons.futureofthebook.org ABOUT IN MEDIA RES In Media Res is envisioned as an experiment in just one sort of collaborative, multi-modal scholarship that MediaCommons will aim to foster. Its primary goal is to provide a forum for more immediate critical engagement with media in a manner closer to how we typically experience mediated texts. Each day, a different media scholar will present a 30-second to 3-minute clip accompanied by a 100-150-word impressionistic response. The goal is to promote an online dialogue amongst media scholars and the public about contemporary media scholarship through clips chosen for either their typicality or a-typicality in demonstrating narrative strategies, genre formulations, aesthetic choices, representational practices, institutional approaches, fan engagements, etc. Best, Avi Santo ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Avi Santo, Ph.D. Assistant Professor 3014 Batten Arts & Letters (BAL) Department of Communication and Theatre Arts Old Dominion University Norfolk, Virginia 23529 (757) 683-6971 [log in to unmask] Co-Coordinating Editor: MediaCommons: A Digital Scholarly Network http://mediacommons.futureofthebook.org Co-Creator: Flow: Television and Media Culture http://www.flowtv.org _________________________________________________________________ Express yourself with free Messenger emoticons. Get them today! http://www.freemessengeremoticons.ca/?icid=EMENCA122 ---- Online resources for film/TV studies may be found at ScreenSite http://www.ScreenSite.org