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Mechanisms for Shaping Sensibility
I came upon this flexidisk included in a magazine: Arts/Canada No. 114, November 1967. The magazine features the article “Electromedia: A Movement” and includes a separate several-page colour edition of an essay by Sheila Watson. -
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.”
