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Reconciling the Past
Protesters in Winnipeg topple a statue of Queen Victoria, putting an end to the reign of Canada’s Nineteenth Century. -
From Snake Oil to Silicon
An address to the University of Windsor Law Faculty on October 25, 2019 by Andrew McLuhan. This address was part of the Media & Space: The Regulation of Digital Platforms, New Media & Technologies Symposium. -
Hashtags, Digital Blanks, and Social Justice
The power of the #hashtag as a digital blank is equal to that of the printed blank in its ability to configure identities. What is the special place of social-justice complexes like #BlackLivesMatter and #DefundThePolice in the world of the digital blank? -
COVID-19 as World War
When the enemy in this war is a virus, anyone you meet is a potential combatant. This is an enemy without ideology, without a face. Familiarity and trust have no place as your closest people, not to mention strangers, could be carriers—are a threat. -
Instant Visual Grammatica
A tetradic analysis of Instagram can be carried out to examine the defining characteristics and digital conventions of both the form and content of this extremely popular social media application. -
Negotiating Code
Television studies must now be expanded to include the screens associated with television, as TV appears to have escaped the confines of the domestic environment and gone public. -
Little Red Riding Hood and Angela Carter
Carter had a longstanding interest in the classical fairy tales and folklore of Europe. Taking inspiration from Perrault’s “Little Red Cap,” she would ultimately produce a radio play, a short story, and a motion picture.
