This week’s In Media Res<http://mediacommons.futureofthebook.org/imr/> theme focus is Circulating Pain (March 31 - April 4, 2014).

Here's the line-up:

Monday, March 31, 2014 - April Cobos (Old Dominion University) presents: "Rape Culture" and the Social Media
Tuesday, April 1, 2014 - Johnny Walker (Northumbria University) presents: Snuff Love: British nostalgia and the mythology of real death in VoD horror
Wednesday, April 2, 2014 - Tanya Horeck & Tina Kendall (Anglia Ruskin University) presents: Idiot Media: The Culture of NekNomination Videos
Thursday, April 3, 2014 - Matthew Ferrari (University of Massachusetts, Amherst) presents: The UFC’s Phantom Cam: Refining the Spectacle of Corporeal Damage and Durability
Friday, April 4, 2014 - Peter Snowdon (MAD Faculty (PXL/Hasselt), Belgium) presents: Distorting the Pain of Others

Theme week co-organized by Matthew Ferrari<http://mediacommons.futureofthebook.org/imr/users/mferrari> (University of Massachusetts, Amherst) and Matt Smith<http://mediacommons.futureofthebook.org/imr/users/mboydsmithgsu> (Georgia State University).

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Best,
The In Media Res Team

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