This week's In Media Res theme focus is "Spectacles of Protest" (May 8 - 12).


Here's the lineup:  http://mediacommons.futureofthebook.org/imr/


Monday, May 8 - Heather Lusty (UNLV Honors College) presents "Repurposing Spectacle as Protest Rhetoric."


Tuesday, May 9 - Kay M. Beckermann (North Dakota State University) presents "Celebrity Messages and the Media at Standing Rock."


Wednesday, May 10 - Kris Coffield (Interstitial Journal and Press) presents "Politicizing the Spectacle."


Thursday, May 11 - Aimee Loiselle (University of Connecticut) presents "The Norma Rae Icon: Protest as a Spectacle of the Inspirational Individual."


Friday, May 12 - Elif Sendur presents a piece the title of which will be announced at a later time.


Theme week organized by Soo Keung Jung (Georgia State University).


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Best,

The In Media Res Team



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