Hi all, This week’s In Media Res line-up: (http://mediacommons.futureofthebook.org): Monday, January 21, 2008 – Cynthia Fuchs (George Mason University) presents: “‘Exploited in a very ugly way’: Iraq war refugees in Syria”. Tuesday, January 22, 2008 – Jeffrey Sconce (Northwestern University) presents: “Be--Be--Beaver Boys” Wednesday, January 23, 2008 – Cynthia Chris (City University of New York, Staten Island) presents: “‘Just One Catch’: Wild on the CW” Thursday, January 24, 2008 – Christian Erickson (Roosevelt University) presents: “TBA” Friday, January 25, 2008 – Melissa Hardie (University of Sydney) presents: “Ornament and Crime: Figuring Out Space in Damages” 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 250-300-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 _________________________________________________________________ ---- Screen-L is sponsored by the Telecommunication & Film Dept., the University of Alabama: http://www.tcf.ua.edu