Category Archives: Internet culture

another video from michael wesch

Posted on October 17, 2007 by Michael

Okay. I’m exhausted and was about to go to bed, but then I saw this video by Kansas State cultural anthropologist Michael Wesch (via Metaspencer). The video is pretty rad, I think, and raises a lot of questions (much like … Continue reading →

Posted in Education, Ethics, Internet culture | 1 Comment

radiodead

Posted on October 16, 2007 by Michael

As most techie folk know, Radiohead is selling their new album In Rainbows online here (Information Week story here). I went ahead and bought it today for exactly £0.00. I don’t feel guilty about it either, especially after learning that … Continue reading →

Posted in Internet culture, Music | 1 Comment

the ethics and effects of parody

Posted on October 14, 2007 by Michael

Chris’s comment on this post got me thinking a bit about parody, irony, and resignification. I wrote in my talk for the Feminism(s) and Rhetoric(s) Conference about the claim many have made that by calling Ann Coulter a “tranny” (or … Continue reading →

Posted in Identity and Identification, Internet culture, publics, Queer issues and theory | 2 Comments

Ann Coulter, the Liberal Blogosphere, and the (Straight, Liberal) Male Bond

Posted on October 12, 2007 by Michael

Here is my talk from The Feminism(s) and Rhetoric(s) Conference last week. I’ll put the abstract here and the talk below the cut. I also added links within the text to blogs I discuss. To forefront on concern of mine … Continue reading →

Posted in Anger, Blogs, Feminism, Gender, Internet culture, Presentations, publics, Queer issues and theory | 2 Comments

on notes from the interblags: what’s with the term?

Posted on September 30, 2007 by Michael

I just received a comment on another post asking about the term “interblags,” which I use when making quick notes about things I’ve read online. Maybe I should explain the term. XKCD, one of my favorite webcomics, has a chart … Continue reading →

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