Jarrett Cole is the Director of the Winnipeg School of Communication, as well as the Editor of its journal, Winnsox. With over two decades worth of experience in music and broadcast media production, he strives to share to his knowledge with his students to better aid them in navigating their everyday acoustic space, both in the classroom and at large. Learn more about Jarrett.
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Barthes Takes a Trip to Epcot Centre
In his essay “Myth Today,” Roland Barthes defines myth as a type of speech, a system of communication, and in particular as a message. Expanding upon Ferdinand de Saussure’s semiology, Barthes developed a second-order semiological system. -
Echoes and Reflections on “Embedded Memories”
In Embedded Memories, Will Straw advances the argument that the Internet has strengthened the cultural weight of the past in ways very similar to other forms of new media. -
Interview with Travis Younger
A documentary filmmaker on the trail of a good story is searching for Travis Younger. He wants to find out what really happened when the Younger family moved into their new house at 406 Clybourne Street back in 1959. -
Podcast Number 1969
This is an example of the first podcast that we plan to do in the new year. It will feature discussion topics that revolve around current events and media environments. -
Punk: A Form of Resistant Meaning-Making
Is punk subculture a form of resistant meaning making? Dick Hebdige argues that this is indeed the case in his essay “Subculture: The Meaning of Style.” In this brief essay I will try to outline the reasoning that lies behind Hebdige’s argument. -
Only Entertainment can be Utopian
In “Entertainment and Utopia,” the fifth chapter of Only Entertainment, Richard Dyer argues that musicals—both stage and screen—represent a form of entertainment that he calls “pure entertainment.”