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The Pop Culture Lens Podcast Goes Live!
Posted by CarrieLynn D. Reinhard
Christopher Olson (of the blog Seems Obvious to Me) and I present a new podcast, The Pop Culture Lens, where we discuss the media of the past through the lens of today to understand how relevant it is to our modern lives. You can follow the podcast on Twitter, Tumblr, or Facebook, or get the latest episode directly from Podbean. Please send us any feedback and even ideas for future episodes — and if you would like to be on an episode to talk about some media from the past, then let us know!
In the first episode, we discuss the 1969 movie, Easy Rider, and the continuing political and cultural relevance of the movie as well as the undeniable impact the movie had on the Hollywood film industry.
What do you think? Do you agree that Easy Rider is still relevant, or is it dated?
Posted in Communication Studies, Critical/Cultural Studies, Film Studies
Tags: academic, books, counter-culture, cultural, Easy Rider, economic, games, hippie culture, historical, Hollywood, ideological, Media, movies, music, New Wave, podcast, political, Pop culture, Pop Culture Lens, popular culture, relevance, scholarship, social, Stories, Television
Avatars, Audiences and Interactive Television
Posted by CarrieLynn D. Reinhard
This presentation was given at the 100th National Communication Association Conference in Chicago on November 21, 2014. This presentation reflects the work I have done with Pooky Amsterdam to understand the nature and potential of virtual world television as reported in the Journal of Virtual World Research. This presentation was awarded one of the Top Paper Awards for the Communication of the Future Division.
The current state of affairs brings what is "television" into question. Amongst the various layers of activity and discourse that surround it, "television" can, and perhaps should, be deconstructed into at least two primary components: the content it relays, "television-as-content," versus the technical interface it is, "television-as-technology". There may soon come a time when the idea of watching television does not involve the use of a television set. Instead, television content will be increasingly divorced from the medium for which it was developed: over-the-air broadcasting of audiovisual content. At that time, television-as-content will become another aspect of the Internet.
These challenges to what is "television" are also challenges to the traditional models of production, distribution, exhibition and consumption that have for so long defined it. These challenges are also implicated in the move toward higher interactivity. The traditional models are predicated on transmission and passivity, whereas the interactive models require dialogue and activity. Concepts and technologies like video on demand, time-shifting, and social television are all part of these challenges. This paper explores yet another, virtual world television or VWTV. With VWTV, we are seeing another possible location for the evolution of television.
Posted in Audience/Reception Studies, Internet Studies, Virtual Worlds
Tags: "television-as-content", "television-as-technology", access interactivity, avatars, communal, Community, content interactivity, Giant Snail Racing, Interactive television, interactivity, Metanomics, Relationships, Second Life, social interactivity, social media, Television, The 1st Question, Virtual worlds, Winky Dink
Steve Benford and Inhabited TV: The beginnings of VWTV Part 2
Posted by CarrieLynn D. Reinhard
Pooky Amsterdam's interview with a VWTV pioneer concludes with this second part. And it raises the question: how likely is the virtual and the real to converge to produce television? How likely are regular television consumers going to be persuaded to become television producers?
Steve Benford and Inhabited TV: The beginnings of VWTV Part 2.
Posted in Virtual Worlds
Tags: inhabited TV, Pooky Amsterdam, Steve Benford, Television, Virtual Reality, Virtual worlds, VWTV
Steve Benford and Inhabited TV: The beginnings of VWTV
Posted by CarrieLynn D. Reinhard
Pooky Amsterdam reports on a conversation she had with someone who might just be one of the pioneers of virtual world television. Steve Benford was part of a research project in the United Kingdom who worked on merging virtual reality, virtual worlds, and television at the turn of the century. Their work on "inhabited TV" would later be mirrored by the work of machinimists and VWTV producers. Steve Benford and Inhabited TV: The beginnings of VWTV.
VWTV Beyond Second Life: InfinityXShark and Star Trek
Posted by CarrieLynn D. Reinhard
Although the focus of our virtual world television project is on the social world Second Life, that doesn't mean it is the only virtual world being used by regular people to create interesting television. As the first of a two-parter, I discuss the work of InfinityXShark and his production of a Star Trek series using the Star Trek Online mmorpg.
Posted in Virtual Worlds
Tags: machinima, MMORPG, Second Life, Star Trek, Star Trek Online, Television, virtual world television, Virtual worlds, VWTV
Beyer Sellers: Dealing with Second Life
Posted by CarrieLynn D. Reinhard
There is a two-for-one today over at Virtual World Television, as we focus today on Beyer Sellers and the VWTV program Metanomics. Learn more about the struggles of producing in Second Life from Beyer Sellers: Dealing with Second Life.
Cultivation theory, media socialization and adolescents' identity formation
Posted by CarrieLynn D. Reinhard
(Originally a class paper written in 2003, with the full paper, including references, found here. Related thinking on this topic can be found here.)
When a farmer plants a field of corn, he must provide several environmental conditions to ensure it grows. There must be ample sunlight, water, and fertilizer. The temperature should neither be too hot nor too cold, and the soil can neither be too acidic nor too alkaline. Given time, with these influences set at optimum levels, the seed will mature into a successful plant.
It is not a far stretch to apply this same cultivation process to understanding how a child develops into an adolescent, then into full maturity as an adult. An individual will go through a series of cognitive developmental steps over her life, and at each step there are numerous sources of influence that can impact the step's progress, either helping or hindering the outcome. One of these possible sources, known as socializing agents, is the mass media, with the understanding that socialization is a developmental process by which children learn and internalize a society's norms. Since the inception of the mass media, researchers have sought to understand the possible socializing effects due to media exposure. One such possible effect is the impetus behind this paper; what is the role the media plays in an adolescent's development of her identity?
One theory used to explore and explain media effects is George Gerbner's cultivation theory. Cultivation theory posits that television, as the prevalent medium in society, can foster certain perceptions about the nature of society by repeatedly portraying this society in a certain manner (Gerbner, Gross, Morgan, Signorielli & Shanahan, 2002). That is to say, the messages on television, such as criminals can strike anywhere and anytime, are pervasive, not varying from program to program. Television viewers, just through their cumulative exposure to this portrayal of reality, and especially if they are not exposed to another depiction of reality, will come to adopt this portrayal as truth. These "heavy viewers" will in turn see the real world in a way that reflects the world "as seen on TV". Cultivation scholars investigate the prevalence of certain messages in the media, and analyze how these messages interact with the audience to form "an environment within which people live, define themselves and others, and develop and maintain their beliefs and assumptions about social reality." (Morgan & Signorielli, 1990, p. 18).
According to Gerbner, then, television acts as the conduit through which individuals learn about the values of the culture to which they belong. Thus, his theory is an attempt to explain how culture imparts its norms to its members so that they can function within it. "Culture provides the overall framework in which we imagine that we do not encounter directly, and interpret what we do encounter directly." (Gerbner, 1990, p. 251). This paper started with an agricultural metaphor because cultivation theory has its roots in agricultural theories. "Thus, cultivation is an agro-aquatic metaphor for the function of television in the construction and maintenance of cultural meaning, and for the way culture works generally." (Shanahan & Morgan, 1999, p. 12). Television acts as the conduit through which an adolescent, in the process of negotiating a position in said culture and society, can learn and incorporate those norms that would help her development.
A particular developmental challenge adolescents face is the formation of a stable identity. Collapsing across the several distinctions of identity, the term can be defined as a continuous sense of one's location within a society, wherein this position is shaped and/or defined by one's concrete presentation of one's attitudes, values and beliefs (Côté & Levine, 2002). According to Swindler (1986, as cited in Côté & Levine, 2002), a person's culture aids in this process by providing a 'tool kit' of various resources, along with various socializing agents, that one uses to negotiate an identity. An adolescent can rely on the culture's and society's various institutions to tell them how to behave in a given situation. These norms can be accepted passively (Côté & Levine, 2002), or an adolescent could engage in active process of exploration and experimentation with the goal of constructing a stable construct of identity (Moshman, 1999). What is in consideration here is the role the media plays in this formation when it acts as a source for socialization. Do adolescents use the media to explore their world, adjusting themselves to find a way to fit into the world?
As a summation of the scope of discussion on this subject, it can be said that there has been much research and speculation as to how the media acts as a socializing agent. Arnett (1995), in a discussion of numerous studies on this topic, reasoned that as adolescents engage in identity formation, and as childhood socialization sources diminish while adult sources are not yet present, adolescents may be more inclined to use the media to understand who they should be (p. 520). Kelly and Donohew (1999), in postulating the primary socialization theory, attempted to incorporate the role of media into the network of socializing agents, calling it a secondary socializer that could exert influence should the primary socializers (e.g., family, school, peers) falter in some way. But this theory was not directly applied to the prospect of identity formation.
Recently, Lloyd (2002) directly addressed media's influence on identity formation. He proposed that as the media "become increasingly more entertaining and relevant to the targeted audience members, it is much more probable that adolescent audiences will adapt and use this information as a tool for understanding of self and others." (p. 75). In constructing the AIMSS framework, Lloyd reasoned that an adolescent could engage with the media to "work out" interactions with her peers before employing these interactions. Media use can increase social competence, which would allow the adolescent to compare herself against others, thus fostering a sense of identity. But in the end, this theory appears to be an indirect effect. Media use for the extraction and internalization of norms is not addressed.
Lloyd's theory appears to have some background in uses and gratifications perspectives, in that adolescents have a need and seek to use media to gratify that need. Boehnke, Münch and Hoffmann (2002), approaching their research from a uses and gratifications perspective, would concur with Lloyd. "Adolescents use the media to accelerate the accomplishment of their developmental goals." (p. 195). However, if Arnett (1995) is correct, then it is possible cultivation could have an impact on adolescents' development as well. "Adolescents, who have fewer sources of information and real-world experiences than do adults, are often particularly susceptible to these messages." (Morgan & Rothschild, 1983, p. 35). Could the proposed cultivation process help us understand how adolescents internalize norms from the media, which in turn would serve as the foundation for identity construction?
The first step in answering this question is to examine research that has specifically looked at cultivation as the reason for media effects in adolescents. There needs to be proof that the media can cultivate adolescents. Typically in these researches, mostly conducted as correlation studies, the researchers were interested in how exposure to the media (i.e. television) is related to certain perceptions and attitudes. Cultivation researchers would imply causality more than just relationship, but because most of these studies were simple survey designs, they cannot totally prove causation. The majority of studies (i.e., Morgan, 1982, 1987; Potter, 1990; Signorielli, 1991, 1993; Cheung & Chan, 1996) were interested in overall exposure without specifying genre or programs, as cultivation theory does not differentiate between overall and specific exposure. However, there were two studies, including the only experiment (Rössler & Brossius, 2001), which did differentiate from overall exposure by examining how watching talk shows could cultivate certain beliefs about sexual norms (Davis & Mares, 1998). Rössler and Brossius reasoned that by selectively choosing to watch talk shows, adolescents may show more of an effect. "We conclude that the two prerequisites of cultivation effects – uniform message and nonselective viewing – might exist within rather than between television genres." (p. 147). This implies that a more active viewing could have a greater impact on the cultivation process. The implications of this deviation from traditional cultivation theory will be discussed in more detail later in this paper.
For now, it is sufficient to state that the independent variable in these studies was commonly measuring some level of television exposure. The next step was to see how these exposure levels related to some attitude or perception. When first developing the theory, Gerbner was interested in the impact of violence on perceptions of the world as a "bad place". Accordingly, there has been research conducted to see if this Mean World Syndrome is identifiable in adolescents (Gerbner, Gross, Signorielli, Morgan & Jackson-Beeck, 1979; Cheung & Chan, 1996). Gerbner's colleagues then moved on to investigate other possible repercussions from watching too much television. The role of television in fostering sex-role stereotypes has been conducted by Morgan alone (1982, 1987) and with Rothschild (1983). The standardization of certain sexual attitudes was studied by Davis and Mares (1998) and Rössler and Brosius (2001). Signorielli studied how television consumption can impact marital attitudes (1991) and attitudes towards different occupations (1993). Finally, Potter (1990) was interested in how television consumption across genres could influence perception of cultural values, such as "good wins over evil" and "honesty is the best policy (p. 848).
However, at the same time as investigating a possible direct link between exposure and effect, some researchers conceptualized this relationship as subject to moderation or mediation by intervening variables. In a longitudinal study, gender and IQ were found by Morgan (1982) to, respectively, moderate the direction of the effect and mediate for whom the effect was noticed. A similar relationship was found in his second study, whereby acting out behavior that was inline with traditional sex-role stereotypes moderated how the exposure would impact attitudes (Morgan, 1987). Then again with Rothschild (1983), the peer network an adolescent has established mediated the impact of television exposure. While this relationship with peers could be informative, especially when combined with the theory postulated by Lloyd (2002), it is the research by Rössler and Brosius (2001), which incorporated the idea that active selection of exposure could be the mediating factor in the cultivation process, that may prove more useful in answering the question of media use and identity formation. This tantalizing possibility will be discussed after a review of the findings.
Like results from cultivation studies conducted on adult samples, there was a general trend, significantly positive yet weak, that television exposure could predict the fostering of perceptions inline with the televised messages. Gerbner et al. (1979) found that heavy viewers were more likely to describe the real world as dangerous, overestimating the number of people involved in violence and the number of criminals walking the street. Cheung and Chan (1996), in studying Hong Kong adolescents whose bulk of television viewing is of Hollywood product, found results reflecting Gerbner et al.'s findings. Signorielli (1991) found that higher television watching was positively related to the adolescent's desire to be married when older, yet at the same time they indicated that one sees so few good marriages as to question marriage as a way of life (p. 145), which the researcher argued represented the ambivalent nature of marriage on television. Signorielli (1993) found that adolescents who were over-exposed to programs that over-represented adventurous jobs were more likely to desire having a high paying, prestigious job. After collapsing across genres, Potter (1990) found that greater television viewing could substantiate more recall and perception of cultural values. Again, these are all generally direct relationships.
Studies that also analyzed for moderators and mediators still detected the general trend, but this relationship was conditional on some other factor in the adolescent's environment. Morgan (1982) found that when an adolescent's IQ was considered, the relationship was still present for girls with IQ's higher than average, who were described as being "otherwise" the least sexist (p. 952). Additionally, it was found that time-order predicted the relationship only for girls, not boys; in fact, sexism at time one predicted more viewing at time two for boys, the opposite direction from girls. This was explained by the fact that overall boys held more sexist views than girls, so by being heavy viewers, those girls just converged with the boys on their level of sexist stereotypes. A similar situation was found when considering how engaging in behaviors seen as reflecting traditional sex stereotypes could moderate cultivation (Morgan, 1987). Again, if a boy did not engage in stereotypical behavior, and was a heavy viewer, he was more likely to develop sexist attitudes than a boy already engaging in stereotypical behaviors. This pattern could again be explained by a convergence effect. But for girls, those already engaging in stereotypical behavior, while also being heavy viewers, were more likely to cultivate sexist attitudes. Gerbner would account for these results as a mainstreaming effect occurring for boys, and a reinforcing impact for girls (Gerbner et al. 2002).
Morgan and Rothschild (1983) were interested in how peer networks could impact cultivation. Socialization theory predicts that peers form a way for adolescents to learn about the world. If an adolescent lacks a good peer network, then she would have to turn to other sources, such as the media, to know about the real world. Thus, the argument is that "the effects of television should be more pronounced for those who tend to be less socially integrated." (p. 37). In the end, the results refuted this claim. As the number of friends went down, and the amount of television consumed increased, then incorporation of sexist attitudes likewise increased. The researchers reasoned that the effects of television could be mitigated and suppressed by alternate information sources (p. 48). Relating this finding to the Lloyd (2002) theory, there is evidence that, at least compared to his conceptualization, cultivation theory is not a process related to identity formation. If Lloyd is correct and adolescents use the media for social competence, than higher exposure and having more friends would be related to more incorporation of sexist attitudes, because one would be integrating these norms to conform to friends. While this could still be happening, the findings of Morgan and Rothschild did not support the claim. However, as mentioned before, the Rössler and Brosius (2001) study could aid the answering of the question.
Rössler and Brosius (2001) studied exposure, but it was mediated by being selective exposure. Preceding them, Davis and Mares (1998) found that exposure to talk shows was related to overestimation, but not attitude endorsements. However, Rössler and Brosius found that exposure to talk shows on homosexuality lead to overestimating the prevalence of homosexuality in society as well as generating less restrictive attitudes towards homosexuals. The difference may lie in how the studies measured exposure. Davis and Mares asked for the frequency of watching talk shows, while Rössler and Brosius showed the adolescents talk shows chosen for specific content, such as homosexuality, and then measured for attitudes based on this selective exposure. Thus, Rössler and Brosius took Davis and Mares concept of audience activity one step further. And although the adolescents were shown the television clips in an experiment setting, the study presupposes that viewers actively select what television they want to be exposed to. This presupposition touches upon one of the most vocal critiques on cultivation theory, that it perceives the audience as passively watching and accepting television's messages. However, research has shown that adolescents are particularly active consumers of "identity-related content" (Levy & Windahl, 1985, p. 120). If this is true, then there could be a spanner in the works; if cultivation theory presupposes passivity, but adolescents are more active media users than either children or adults, how then could cultivation apply to identity formation?
As it turns out, this activity-passivity dichotomy has received, and is still receiving, much discussion amongst those interested in cultivation research. Signorielli (1986) does not see any need for a distinction, because different genres and programs will portray the same issues, themes and values in the same manner. Thus, no matter what program a person chooses, they will still be exposed to the same messages. "In this sense, television programming is necessarily a relatively non-selective activity." (p. 75). However, research has been done to show that activity can both decrease and increase the effect of cultivation. Reimer and Rosengren (1990) reasoned that active persons would be more susceptible to cultivation effects because, by selectively choosing which messages to expose themselves to, they would undergo a conscious cultivation. In other words, "active subjects using the media consciously may be more sensitive to a message or a system of messages than a passive viewer/reader would be." (p. 187).
In support of this assertion, Kim and Rubin (1997) found that an increase in fear of victimization, a cultivation effect, was positively correlated with content involvement and selective perception of program content, but there was no direct link with instrumental viewing methods and selective exposure. Thus, certain aspects of audience activity were shown to increase the amount of the cultivation effect. However, at the same time, Rouner (1984) found a negative relationship between active television watching and the cultivation of a mean world perception. Thus, the debate goes on. What is known for certain is that in the studies conducted on adolescents and included in this report, none directly measured how active an adolescent is in media consumption, and what this activity could do to the cultivation of certain attitudes. But at the same time, it has been discussed that adolescents are typically active media users (Levy & Windahl, 1985) and could be active selectors when it comes to identity formation (Arnett, 1995; Moshman, 1999).
So where does this leave us in our understanding of whether or not cultivation theory could be a viable explanation for how adolescents use the media in developing their identity?
The point has been reached to determine that there is some preliminary support to say that cultivation could be applied to identity formation, but such an application at this time would be tentative for several reasons. First, cultivation has yet to be proven as a causal relationship when it comes to adolescents. Of the studies discussed in this report, only one was an experiment, where cumulative exposure was substituted for prolonged-exposure (Rössler & Brosius, 2001). But is watching a series of television clips over a five-day span truly equitable to weeks, months, years of constant exposure, such as an adolescent performs in her daily life? The longitudinal studies of Morgan (1982, 1987) do better to address this factor, but then they don't address activity, which is the second reason.
Activity is important when discussing adolescents because numerous studies have indicated that adolescents seek out the media as a new form of socializing agent (Arnett, 1995). They tend to seek out media that give them greater autonomy from their families and more integration with their peers (Larson, Kubey & Colletti, 1989), which leads them away from television consumption (the "family" room) and towards music consumption (the bedroom). In support, Boehnke, Münch and Hoffmann (2002) found that adolescents seeking autonomy turned to the radio to fulfill this developmental need. In fact, research has indicated that heavy television viewers, those cultivation theorists say are most susceptible to television, spent more time with their family and less time with friends (Larson et al., 1989). Is it possible that the cultivation effects found in the studies discussed were due more to the socialization impact of the families and not the television? Yet another aspect for future investigation, but it touches on a problem of integrating cultivation theory into understanding a process of media's impact on identity formation.
Cultivation theory predicts that television exposure would cause the internalization of a culture's norms. But what if an adolescent is not watching as much television as they are listening to the radio, reading magazines or going on the Internet? Can it be said that cultivation effects are occurring when an adolescent chooses to consume media other than television at levels equal to or greater than her consumption of television? This is a question I have not yet seen an answer for in research, although much has been speculated on how newer media technologies, such as the Internet, would impact cultivation effects.
Shanahan and Morgan (1999) argue that history has shown that a new media, when introduced into a culture or society, will adopt the patterns of message content the dominant media had been employing. The impact on cultivation is not so much from the medium, but from the content that medium contains, because cultivation theory is a theory of storytelling. Gerbner et al. (2002) argued that the predominant online sites are all linked with some dominant television producer, such as Disney and Time-Warner. The question of higher consumption of the Internet displacing time spent with television is likewise dismissed. "Rather, the emerging evidence indicates that audience members add online time on to other previously existing media use patterns, extending (not redistributing) the overall amount of time spent with media." (Morgan & Shanahan, 1990, p. 214). Thus, cultivationists argue the Internet is no treat to television, not only because it is falling under the control of mainstream Hollywood, but also because there is no strong indication it detracts from time spent with television.
While this may be true for adults, how true is it for adolescents? Larson et al. (1989) found that as adolescents grow older, they spend less time watching television. A study conducted by the National Science Foundation (Papadakis, 2001) found that the greatest predictor of Internet use was generational differences, with teens more likely to use the Internet than adults. Also, the NSF report cited studies indicating that households with the Internet tended to watch less television (p. 21). Stranger (1998) found that if children had computers in their home, they would spend less time in front of the television. Woodard and Gridina (2000), in looking specifically at children, found that adolescents spend the most time using the Internet; however, television use remained stable for children. At the same time, though, the study did not differentiate Internet use and displacement per age group, but instead lumped all ages into one group and found no change in television use. This raises a flag in the face of other research, saying that adolescents watch less television than younger children. Is it possible then that adolescents, just as they listen to music more, are going online more than they are watching television?
Ah, yet another question that does not yet have a satisfactory answer. And the answer could be changing as more and more young people are growing up with computer and digital technologies when compared to older generations, especially when considering how online services like Napster, Kazaa and Apple Music could be fulfilling their need for music.
So what is the current tally? Could cultivation be applicable to identity formation? As said before, several conditions need to be meet for Gerbner's theory to apply. First, cultivation needs to be proven causally. Second, active media use and its relationship with identity formation needs to be explored. "Unfortunately, this model of active development is still missing from much of the research and theory on adolescents and media." (Arnett, Larson & Offer, 1995, p. 514). If it is proven that adolescents actively seek out media to aid in this developmental challenge, then for cultivation to apply, it has to be shown that active media use is not detrimental to the cultivation process. Third, cultivation effects need to be shown to still have an effect even if television viewing is displaced by other media consumption, such as radio, magazines and the Internet.
All three of these conditioning statements need further study before it can be concluded that an adolescent can internalize a culture's norms from media consumption, in a manner predicted by cultivation theory, with the goal of forming a sense of identity and a sense of place and purpose within that culture.
Posted in Audience/Reception Studies, Communication Studies
Tags: adolescents, cultivation theory, Culture, George Gerbner, identity, identity construction, mass media, media effects, Media use, peer networks, peers, social media, social networks, socialization, sociocultural, teenagers, Television, theory
Virtual World Television: Case studies in the emergence of user-generated participatory television
Posted by CarrieLynn D. Reinhard
This post comes from our presentation at Web Science 2012 this past June in Evanston, Il. We are in the process of preparing this study's results for further conferences as well as a monograph.
Along with producer Pooky Amsterdam of PookyMedia (whom I met producing earlier research [7]), we have begun a study to analyze case studies of amateurs and semi-professionals who have used virtual spaces, environments, and worlds to produce television programming. We are interested in virtual world television to understand the nature and potential of these productions, as well as how they relate to traditional practices and relationships in television production, distribution, and exhibition. In this paper we will outline (1) what we define as virtual world television, (2) what we see as the purpose for conducting this analysis, and (3) our method for conducting the case studies. We see this study as a first step to introduce to this user-generated, participatory form of transgression on traditional media norms.
Virtual Worlds Television and Metanomics: Innovating or Remediating?
Posted by CarrieLynn D. Reinhard
I've been using this blog to deconstruct research I've done that are interesting vignettes of findings, but perhaps in need of a non-traditional method of publication. In one such paper that I've been deconstructing, I've already discussed the Ghost Hunters live special episodes for how they incorporated online technologies as well as the virtual living rooms created by NBC and CBS. The final piece of that paper is the basis for my current research on virtual worlds television; in this post, I discuss the first virtual worlds television programming I studied, the series Metanomics, for how it demonstrated the potential for social and content interactivities.
Posted in Audience/Reception Studies, Industry Analysis Studies, Virtual Worlds
Tags: CBS, chatbridge, constructive cacophony, content interactivity, Ghost Hunters, Ghost Hunters Live, Internet television, Ira Flatow, Metanomics, NBC, NPR, remediation, Robert Bloomfield, Sage Hall, Science Friday, Second Life, social interactivity, talk shows, Television, text chat, Virtual worlds
The Story of The Dark Knight and Its Brethren
Posted by CarrieLynn D. Reinhard
Back in the spring of 2007, like other Batman fans who loved Christopher Nolan's Batman Begins, I was eagerly awaiting his follow-up, The Dark Knight. When the "I Believe in Harvey Dent" website went live in May, I was there with others.
However, not long after the original website went live, some digitally scrawled graffiti all over it, in a style highly reminiscent of Batman's arch-nemesis, The Joker. On this website you were invited to enter an email address, with no indication of what would happen when you did.
So, of course, I entered my email address. I received an email with a code. In returning to the website, I was invited to enter the code. And, as many had done before me, this led to a pixel being removed from the picture…until…
The first image, official or otherwise, of Heath Ledger as The Joker appeared.
This series of events was important for two reasons. First, the casting of Ledger and the portrayal of The Joker had been questioned in the fan community since the knowledge of what Nolan was planning first became known. Fans, including myself, were concerned what a more realistic take on The Joker would mean for how he was represented. Having us play a game by collectively inputting codes to reveal the picture was a way to tantalize us and have us be involved in the canon of the film — two things fans really like.
Second, this was the beginning of what would become a massive alternate reality game organized by 42 Entertainment to market the upcoming sequel. By itself, this marketing campaign was significant for its size and scope, flawlessly mixing real world students and scavenger hunts with online games and websites to promote or represent, as realistic, fictional businesses, people and organizations. However, this campaign also represents a rise in similar marketing campaigns that in some way attempt to co-opt the rise in how active fans and audiences can be due to the Internet.
Along with The Dark Knight, I followed several other campaigns: Leverage, Cloverfield, Heroes, Lost, and still more. I've been collecting information and screenshots of the activities whenever I can. You can find the collection of screenshots here:
Examples of Gameplay Marketing |
I've written several papers on this topic, with one being published by the International Journal of Communication.
For me, the researcher, these new gameplay marketing campaigns are interesting for the innovation in advertising they are, as well as changes in how Hollywood is conceptualizing the position of the fan and the audience in the production and marketing of television shows and motion pictures.
For me, the fan, these campaigns give me the chance to engage with the material I love in all new ways, and to feel, if fleetingly and wrongly, that I in some way matter to bring what I love to air or to keep it circulating.
The big question is: do these marketing campaigns work?


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Nothing Cardboard Office Interior by Alrik Koudenburg and Joost van Bleiswijk
By Eric • Feb 10, 2012 • Selected Work
Dutch designers Alrik Koudenburg and Joost van Bleiswijk have teamed together in 2009 to design this unique Cardboard Office Interior for Amsterdam-based advertising agency Nothing.
The designers created a modular system made of cardboard using van Bleiswijk's 'No Screw, No Glue' technique.
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After yesterdays battery issues I made plans to meet Cruz at the trail head this am for another ride. I woke up a little early to check the weather radar and it looked like the majority of the rain was going to just go a little north of Huntsville and Monte Sano. SWEET!! In an attempt to not get caught unprepared I put the camera batteries in the charger and ran them through a full recondition and charge overnight. I threw an extra 2gb SD card into my pack as well.
It was a frigid 57 degrees and quite humid when I met up with Cruz around 7:50 AM. We planned a route that missed most of the boggy areas and would maximize the amout of good footage we could shoot. That humidity had made all the rocks very slick adding a little bit more technical challenge.
Vid from the start of the descent.
Monte Sano Tire tear from SSinGA on Vimeo.
I stopped because I rolled over a flat rock at the start which slid my tire into it's buddy just waiting to sink a fang into my sidewall. We had probably not even covered a mile of trail at this point. The damage was about an inch long slice in the sidewall. I put a tail-side patch on the tire, inserted a tube and limped it back to the car to see if I could do a more permanent repair.
Limp back to the car from SSinGA on Vimeo.
Couldn't resist this one - even with a damaged tire.
Wall ride from SSinGA on Vimeo.
Back at the car, I made a boot from a piece of Gatorade bottle wrapped in a piece of tube. This would prevent the tube from oozing out of the slit. Back to the trail.
We were cruising along on High trail to get to a DH that has a bunch of small rock ledges all the way to the bottom. We didn't make it. I flatted again!!!! I turned around and started the walk back as Cruz rode back to the car to pick me up when I hit the intersection with the road. I t was much harder walking on those damp rocks then it was riding on them. I paused to take a couple of still shots along the way.
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Liverpool strikers march from Pier Head
About 4,500 public sector workers marched through Liverpool over proposed changes to public sector pensions.
The protesters joined in the national day of action organised by the Trade Unions Congress (TUC).
The dispute led to the closure of the two Mersey Tunnels linking Liverpool and Wirral, and most schools, libraries and sports centres were unable to open.
The government said the strikes could cost the economy £500m and criticised the decision to walk out during talks.
At Prime Minister's Questions, Mr Cameron said he thought the government had made a "very reasonable, very fair offer to public sector workers".
"I don't want to see any strikes, I don't want to see schools closed, I don't want to see problems at our borders, but this government has to make responsible decisions," he said.
In Liverpool, workers supporting the strike formed picket lines outside many public buildings and government offices before making their way to the Pier Head.
The group then set off on a march which headed through the city's main shopping streets to a rally at St George's Plateau.
Speaking from the picket line outside Liverpool City Council's Municipal Buildings, Bobby Daniels, GMB member and chairman of the council's Joint Trade Unions committee, said: "We've got a lot of people who've worked a long time and need looking after.
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An open top bus, usually used for sightseeing tours, was packed with workers who had gone out on strike over changes to public sector pensions.
As it weaved through the streets of Liverpool to the city's Pier Head, those on board held their flags aloft and chanted as they garnered support for the march.
At about 11:30 GMT the bus reached the Pier Head, where union members gathered in their thousands outside the Liver Building and new Museum of Liverpool.
The noise of thousands of air horns, vuvuzelas and whistles rang out as the crowd marched through the city, challenging the government over its pensions proposals.
Children as young as three were among those holding placards - some showing David Cameron with the slogan "Get Him Out" and others reading "I Didn't Vote to Die in Work" and "Eric Pickles Ate My Pension".
"This is going to reduce the pension of everyone who works in local authorities and it is not acceptable to us."
Jimmy Cousins, from the Unite union, was one of hundreds of teachers who met at the Pier Head for the march.
He said: "I can see the amount of funding pulled out of Liverpool since the coalition came into power, and it's going to take Liverpool back to how it was in the 1980s.
"Cameron's gone one step further than Thatcher. She only took our milk - Cameron wants to take out pensions."
Schools closedIn Wirral, union members joined a march from Birkenhead Park to Hamilton Square where a rally was held.
Unions said an estimated 30,000 teachers across Merseyside took part in the strike.
Liverpool City Council said 165 of the city's 170 schools were closed, as were all council-run day and youth centres and many children's centres.
The city's refuse collection service was operating as normal.
In Sefton, the majority of the borough's 92 schools were closed.
One school, Birkdale Primary, was open and four others were partially open.
Sixty two schools in St Helens were closed, with one fully open and one partially open.
In Wirral, 118 out of 127 schools were fully closed to pupils. Seven schools were partially open and only two were fully open to pupils.
Warrington had 72 schools closed out of 85.
Tunnel operators Merseytravel said the tunnels, which usually see 88,000 journeys a day, closed to the public at 23:45 GMT on Tuesday and would reopen at 00:15 GMT on Thursday.
The Kingsway Tunnel remained open for the use of the emergency services and priority health workers.
The Mersey Ferries were also out of service due to strike action but Merseyrail services were running as normal.
Merseyrail said extra carriages would be added but passengers were being warned services would be very busy.
Services at Liverpool John Lennon Airport were expected to be disrupted as passport and immigration staff support the strike.
The Identity and Passport Service (IPS) in Liverpool said its public counter would be closed as staff join the walkout.
A spokesman said it was the first time the IPS had closed as a result of industrial action.
The Royal Liverpool Hospital reduced its services in line with the NHS across the country.
A spokeswoman said most out-patient appointments were cancelled and routine surgery was postponed.
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Attendance: 92,746
Athens, GA (Sports Network) - Ryan Mallett threw a 40-yard touchdown pass to Greg Childs with 15 seconds remaining in the fourth quarter, as 12th-ranked Arkansas opened SEC play with a thrilling 31-24 victory over Georgia at Sanford Stadium.
Mallett finished 21-of-33 for 380 yards with three touchdowns for the Razorbacks (3-0, 1-0 SEC), who snapped a six-game losing streak to the Bulldogs. Arkansas hadn't won in this series since a 20-10 road triumph on October 2, 1993.
Georgia (1-2, 0-2) rallied from a 14-point deficit in the fourth quarter to tie the game on Washaun Ealey's three-yard touchdown run with 3:55 left.
The Bulldogs trailed 24-10 after Mallett found an uncovered Ronnie Wingo Jr. streaking down the right sideline for a 22-yard TD with eight seconds to play in the third quarter.
Redshirt freshman quarterback Aaron Murray led Georgia on consecutive scoring drives sandwiched around an Arkansas punt.
Murray hit Tavarres King in the middle of the field and he broke a couple of tackles before leaping into the end zone for a 10-yard score.
Forced to punt from his own goal line, Dylan Breeding's kick was downed at the Georgia 48-yard line. Murray completed a 35-yard pass to Kris Durham on first down, and Ealey capped the drive four plays later.
After an exchange of punts, Arkansas got the ball back with under a minute remaining and Mallett moved the Razorbacks 73 yards on three plays.
Mallett completed passes of 18 and 15 yards to D.J. Williams to put the ball at the Georgia 40. He then threw a strike to Childs, who sidestepped one defender and rumbled down the left sideline for the decisive score.
Brandon Boykin returned the ensuing kickoff to the Georgia 36, and the Razorbacks prevailed when Murray's long toss was knocked down in the end zone.
"It was a hard football game," said Arkansas head coach Bobby Petrino. "They came back in the second half. We were able to execute our two-minute offense and score to win the game."
Murray was 15-of-27 for 253 yards with one touchdown and one interception. He also ran for a score.
"We got better today, but we just didn't finish," said Georgia head coach Mark Richt. "We got back into it, the crowd got into it. We had all we could hope for with time offensively, but we didn't get any points on the board. We had a chance to stop them, but we didn't. We punted them down and they had a long way to go, but they got it done and we didn't."
Arkansas wasted no time early, driving 79 yards in six plays on the game's opening series. Mallett's 15-yard completion to Childs moved the chains on 3rd-and-12 from the Razorbacks' 19-yard line. Following an incompletion by Mallett on first down, Broderick Green ran for a modest gain before an offsides penalty set up a 3rd-and-1. Mallett finished the drive by hooking up with Chris Gragg for a 57-yard touchdown.
The Bulldogs responded on their first offensive sequence, tying the game on Murray's one-yard score.
Knile Davis burrowed his way into the end zone from a yard out to put Arkansas up 14-7 early in the second quarter, and Zach Hocker extended the lead to 10 with a 48-yard field goal in the waning moments of the first half.
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Two thousand thirteen has been an inside/outside kind of year, a time of agonizing introspection for the Jewish community as a whole, and one in which individual American Jews played dramatic roles on the national stage. It was a year of thrilling gains and heartbreaking loss, a year when new words crept into our vocabulary, some welcome, others not.
The introspection was fueled by the release of the Pew Research Center's authoritative survey of American Jews, illustrating a generational shift toward a more fluid Jewish identity. It was Joe Neubauer, a son of Holocaust survivors, whose financial support made the survey possible and whose central insight — that data and facts should shape decisions — now stands as a charge to the Jewish community.
While focused on our own story, American Jews also actively contributed to the national narrative. Edie Windsor was the plaintiff in the historic U.S. Supreme Court decision to overturn the Defense of Marriage Act, heralding marriage equality for gays and lesbians. Sheryl Sandberg's exhortation for women to "lean in" to their careers introduced a new phrase to the American lexicon. And Veronique Pozner's extraordinary grace in dealing with her son's death in the Newtown school massacre served as a stirring model of grief and resolve.
There were political firsts — Eric Garcetti as mayor of Los Angeles and Janet Yellen at the Fed — and graceful retirements, though no one really expects that Philip Roth, Ruth Wisse, John Ruskay, Avi Weiss or Nick Lemann will slip from the public eye.
No year is immune from scandal, but 2013 may be remembered for the concentration of misdeeds at institutions that once commanded respect. Let it also be remembered for the astonishing creativity our honorees unleashed in places as varied as a Manhattan synagogue, a television set, a scientist's laboratory and a chef's kitchen.
Compiling this list is a joint effort in the Forward newsroom, one that somehow never gets easier but is always rewarding. Our self-imposed rules require that every one of the 50 is an American citizen whose actions speak with a Jewish inflection. We didn't break the rules to recognize the Pope and Angelina Jolie, just added to them.
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*TOP REVIEWER* girlndocs on 6/26/2014 5:35:00 PM more reviews by girlndocs
Age: 30-35 Skin: Sensitive, Fair Hair: Other, Straight, Fine Eyes: Grey
"Through the Looking Glass" is a nice, basic, staple shiny clear gloss. The texture is right in the middle, not thin and oily, not stick-your-lips-together tacky (from some of the reviews I was expecting it to be super sticky, but it's not at all), just a nice substantial glaze with decent wear that doesn't dry things out. Scent is a very light vanilla-pineapple thing. I hate scented lip gloss but it's faint enough to not bother me. No flavor.
BUT something is definitely wrong with the packaging because it does leak insanely. I bought it in a blister pack, and when I opened it and took off the cap there was already lip gloss pooled in the cap and running down the nozzle; the dispenser hole is much much bigger than the rod that's supposed to plug it when the cap is on. This is going to make it just about impossible to take anywhere in a bag or pocket. I'll probably switch to the NYC tube of clear gloss because of that.
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TayB88 on 11/5/2013 11:21:00 AM more reviews by TayB88
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One of my favorite lip glosses. Love the color, the look and it seems to have a plumping effect.
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LIPGLOSSADDICT1025 on 3/3/2013 6:27:00 PM more reviews by LIPGLOSSADDICT1025
Age: 18 & Under Skin: Oily, Fair, Warm Hair: Brunette, Straight, Medium Eyes: Blue
So I got this in the shade 313A 3, 2, 1, Glass-t Off! It is a reddish pinkish gloss with a little bit of sparkles. The only thing is, its not of a gloss consistency! It is very gellish. It is quite sticky but that is what makes it last longer. It does have a very nice pigmentation (if that's even a word) and adds a bit of shine. It does moisturize nicely but I still recommend using a balm underneath if you are using it during Winter. Very light fruity scent but nothing too unbearable. I would totally repurchase!
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xlivelovemakeupx on 12/3/2012 5:58:00 PM more reviews by xlivelovemakeupx
Age: 18 & Under Skin: Combination, Medium Hair: Other, Wavy, Fine Eyes: Brown
I bought the Mow the Glass Glassy Gloss (314A). Although it looks like a peachy pink color it does come out clear (slightly tinted). It really does give that extra shine and is very nice. I usually use it as a 'top-coat' for my lips. It really helps bring a shine and keeps my lips from getting dry.
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woolgeek on 10/19/2012 10:50:00 PM more reviews by woolgeek
Age: 30-35 Skin: Combination, Fair, Cool Hair: Brunette, Straight, Fine Eyes: Green
I picked this up in 309A Through the Looking Glass yesterday and I'm in love. It's a clear gloss and adds a pop of shine over lipstick without changing the color. My favorite thing is there's no glitter or shimmer, just shine! It seems to be getting harder to find a gloss without at least a little shimmer and I am so happy I found this. It's a little bit sticky, but I find that helps it stay on better than some of the super slick glosses I've used.
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ShannonRose on 6/2/2012 8:14:00 AM more reviews by ShannonRose
Age: 30-35 Skin: Combination, Fair, Warm Hair: Blond, Wavy, Medium Eyes: Other
High intensity sexy shine. VERY sticky however.
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Pekoe on 3/4/2012 12:47:00 AM more reviews by Pekoe
Age: 19-24 Skin: Oily, Fair, Cool Hair: Brunette, Wavy, Medium Eyes: Hazel
I bought Candy Glaze half off when it was being cleared for the new formula, and it wasn't even worth that much. Pretty as it is in the tube, on the lip this is more or less a clear gloss with the faintest shimmer. That could be forgiven, however, if it wasn't also the worst-smelling makeup product I own.
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annabanana5000 on 2/27/2012 1:06:00 AM more reviews by annabanana5000
Age: 18 & Under Skin: Acne-prone, Fair, Neutral Hair: Brunette, Wavy, Medium Eyes: Green
This is the best gloss ever :) Very sticky, so it feels a little weird, but it stays on really long. And it smells good!
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cnd0020 on 10/6/2011 4:37:00 PM more reviews by cnd0020
Age: 25-29 Skin: Oily, Fair-Medium, Cool Hair: Brunette Eyes: Green
The colors and names changed, but this product still rocks.
These are a little sticky, but that just means it lasts longer. Layer it over a lipstick and it is so pretty. And the price can't be beat. I've given the whole collection (6) of these little glosses along with birthday presents, because they're cheap and awesome!
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kailee100 on 11/29/2010 10:31:00 PM more reviews by kailee100
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This is my all-time favorite lip gloss and it is almost identical to Mac's Lipglass with the same consistency. I don't like the colored ones, just the clear. The colored ones aren't as thick as the clear gloss. This is not the gloss to wear on a windy day though because it is THICK and your hair will get stuck in it. If you want that uber shiny lips look then this is the one for you. I have never, ever found a gloss in the regular make up aisle of a drug store that comes close to matching Glassy Gloss (clear) in consistency and staying power. Price is awesome too!
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stats::lognormalRandom(m, v, <Seed = s>)
stats::normalRandom(m, v) returns a procedure that produces lognormal deviates (random numbers) with location parameter m and shape parameter v > 0.
A random variable X is log-normally distributed if ln(X) is a normally distributed variable. The "location parameter" m of X is the mean of ln(X) and the "shape parameter" v is the variance of ln(X).
The procedure f := stats::lognormalRandom(m, v) can be called in the form f(). The return value of f() is either a floating-point number or a symbolic expression:
If m and v can be converted to floating-point numbers, f() returns a real floating point number. Otherwise, the symbolic call stats::lognormalRandom(m, v)() is returned.
Numerical values of m and v are only accepted if they are real and v is positive.
The values X = f() are distributed randomly according to the cumulative distribution function of the log-normal distribution with parameters m and v. For any real x, the probability that X ≤ x is given by
Without the option Seed = s, an initial seed is chosen internally. This initial seed is set to a default value when MuPAD® is started. Thus, each time MuPAD is started or re-initialized with the reset function, random generators produce the same sequences of numbers.
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For efficiency, it is recommended to produce sequences of K random numbers via f := stats::lognormalRandom(m, v): f() $k = 1..K rather than by stats::lognormalRandom(m, v)() $k = 1..K. The latter call produces a sequence of generators each of which is called once. Also note that stats::lognormalRandom(m, v, Seed = n)() $k = 1..K does not produce a random sequence, because a sequence of freshly initialized generators would be created each of them producing the same number.
The function is sensitive to the environment variable DIGITS which determines the numerical working precision.
We generate log-normal deviates with location parameter 2 and shape parameter :
f := stats::normalRandom(2, 3/4): f() $ k = 1..4
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Frank Gore #21 RB
Roger Craig passed over for Hall of Fame consideration ... again
Paul GutierrezWhile many current San Francisco 49ers fans are already banging the drum for running back Frank Gore to one day wear a gold jacket as a member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame, he should have to take a number behind Roger Craig, the first player in N...
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Michael Crabtree, Frank Gore talk about returning to 49ers
Paul GutierrezSANTA CLARA, Calif. -- While Frank Gore said he was open to returning to the San Francisco 49ers next season, another pending free agent on offense was not quite so, well, expansive. Asked if he wanted to come back, receiver Michael Crabtree said,...
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Antoine Bethea, Frank Gore feted by 49ers
Paul GutierrezSANTA CLARA, Calif. - First-year strong safety Antoine Bethea was voted the San Francisco 49ers team MVP by the players, it was announced Wednesday, and 10th-year running back Frank Gore was feted with the Len Eshmont Award. Following are the team...
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Frank Gore hopes to stay with San Francisco 49ers beyond this sea...
For weeks, Frank Gore has been pondering the reality he could be playing his final game with San Francisco on Sunday.
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Frank Gore, Anquan Boldin approaching milestones
Paul GutierrezFrank Gore is 38 yards away from his eighth 1,000-yard rushing season in his 10th year as an NFL running back. Anquan Boldin needs 19 yards for his seventh 1,000-yard receiving season in his 12th year, just his second such campaign since 2009. ...
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The Film Dont Lie: 49ers
Paul GutierrezA weekly look at what the San Francisco 49ers must fix. With one game left in the regular season, and likely the Jim Harbaugh Era, and the Niners riding a four-game losing streak, what is left to fix for a team that is just 3-4 in their sparkling ...
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Frank Gore was Gore of old, not an old Gore
Paul GutierrezSANTA CLARA, Calif. -- If that was Frank Gore's grand finale for the San Francisco 49ers on Saturday night, what a way for the war horse running back to go out. Individually speaking, of course. Because to the 10-year veteran who has designs on...
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Stunned 49ers locker room silent as a wake
Paul GutierrezSANTA CLARA, Calif. -- Observed in the locker room after the San Francisco 49ers' 38-35 overtime loss to the San Diego Chargers at Levi's Stadium: It was silent as a wake in the 49ers' locker room, players milling about and mumbling to no one in ...
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49ers status report: Frank Gore questionable
Paul GutierrezWhile four players were ruled out by the San Francisco 49ers for Saturday's game against the San Diego Chargers, 10-year veteran running back Frank Gore, who suffered a concussion Sunday in Seattle, was not among them. In fact, Gore, who is in the fi...
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Should Frank Gore be judged on this season?
Paul GutierrezFrank Gore has said late in this lost season that he should not be judged on what has happened to him this year. A career-low 3.9 yards per carry to go with 804 rushing yards, the second-fewest of his 10-year career, might have many whispering tha...
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49ers injury report: Frank Gore hopeful to play
Paul GutierrezFrank Gore continues to work through the NFL's concussion protocol after suffering the injury Sunday in Seattle and San Francisco 49ers coach Jim Harbaugh said Thursday he anticipates the running back suiting up Saturday. It is a short work week f...
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49ers injury report: Frank Gore, Carlos Hyde sit out
Paul GutierrezSANTA CLARA, Calif. -- Eliminated from the playoff race with two games remaining in the season, the San Francisco 49ers' injury report looked especially bloated Wednesday afternoon with 17 players listed, including nine who did not practice in advanc...
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The Film Don't Lie: 49ers
Paul GutierrezA weekly look at what the San Francisco 49ers must fix. For the first time in the Jim Harbaugh Era, the Niners will play out the string with games that, while they will count in the standings, are relatively meaningless as they were eliminated fro...
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Gore Hopes His Run With 49ers Isn't Over
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Updating the San Francisco 49ers' walking wounded
Paul GutierrezThe San Francisco 49ers were the walking wounded following their 17-7 loss at the Seattle Seahawks on Sunday and Niners coach Jim Harbaugh gave updates in his weekly media conference on Monday. Running back Frank Gore, who suffered a concussion a...
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Roster changes San Francisco 49ers should make for 2015 - NFL
Neil HornsbyWhat went wrong for the Niners in 2014? Neil Hornsby of Pro Football Focus takes a look, and proposes four roster moves the team should make this offseason.
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Frank Gore of San Francisco 49ers suffers concussion against Seat...
Paul GutierrezSan Francisco 49ers running back Frank Gore left Sunday's game against the Seattle Seahawks late in the second quarter with a concussion.
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I just found out about this incident because I was TDY while it happened. It caused the base to go on lockdown. This shows that BGs can even get into secure areas.
Man charged in SPAWAR incident The Post and Courier - Charleston SC newspaper
Man charged in SPAWAR incident
By Dave Munday
The Post and Courier
Tuesday, August 18, 2009
GOOSE CREEK -- A former military defense contractor faked a police badge so he could walk into an office with a gun and demand to know why he was fired last week, according to a Navy investigator who sent him to jail.
Naval Criminal Investigative Service Special Agent Troy Williams spelled out the story in an Aug. 13 affidavit filed in U.S. District Court.
Harry Edgar Lewis III of Ladson was a contractor for the ICS Corporation working at the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center until he was fired.
He showed up at the Naval Weapons Station shortly before noon Aug. 12 in a gold Hummer with MR ED Virginia license plates demanding to see SPAWAR security chief Michael Morris.
He was wearing a leather shoulder holster with a semiautomatic pistol and extra magazines and an NCIS ball cap. He claimed to be a recently hired investigative special agent and showed credentials that appeared authentic.
Lewis confronted Morris and said: "I want to know why I was terminated. I only fell asleep once. I want some answers." When Morris told him to get out, he said, "You haven't heard the last of me."
Later that day, investigators questioned Lewis. He told them his stunt, which included making fake credentials, was the only way he could get answers from Morris, according to the affidavit.
Lewis said he never intended to use the gun.
Lewis was arrested on multiple charges, including impersonating an officer and taking a firearm onto the Naval Weapons Station.
He was in custody at the Charleston County Detention Center on Monday.


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The City of Tucson Environmental Services Department is sponsoring the 'Look What's New With Do More Blue' Poster Contest. Tucson students in grades 6-8 are invited to create a poster that effectively and clearly highlights the importance of recycling in the City of Tucson. This contest is an opportunity for students to creatively express their understanding of recycling and waste reduction in our community and to spread that message to the residents of Tucson. The contest winner will have their artwork enlarged and displayed on the sides of Tucson's collection trucks. All 6th-8th grade students in City of Tucson public, private and charter schools (including home schooled students) are eligible.
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We offer a diversity of volunteer roles across the UK and you don't have to be a scientist to volunteer with us.
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Dating in the dark, science busking on high streets and at festivals, film screenings, nature street parties, lectures and more are all possible with British Science Association branches. At the British Science Association we are committed to supporting our network of 32 branches, involving nearly 400 volunteers, across the UK. We are proud of the fact that through all our programmes we bring scientists and engineers into direct face-to-face contact with more people than any other organisation in the UK. Within a branch committee, volunteers can take on a variety of roles from Chair to event organiser; website editor to fundraiser. We tailor our roles to suit your interests and time availability. Please see our branch volunteering page for more details.
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You can also volunteer to work as a Festival Assistant during the week of the Festival. We are looking for people who enjoy working with the public, can think on their feet and have lots of energy and enthusiasm. There are a variety of roles ranging from working with school groups visiting the Festival to assisting in the Press Centre. For students interested in a career in science communication check out the information about becoming an x-change volunteer.
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British Science Week (BSW) takes place over 10 days every March with events taking place at a wide range of venues across the UK. We are looking for volunteers to become BSW 'Champions'. If you have experience in running events or activities for BSW or any other related initiative, please consider signing up as a volunteer champion and help us build on the success of the Week by sharing good practice, useful resources and ideas and by encouraging new organisations to take part.
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Risskov, Denmark--Today, virtually all music, film and post production is rooted in DAWs such as Pro Tools, Audition, Nuendo and Logic Pro or NLEs such as Final Cut Pro, Premiere Pro and Media Composer. As DAW components change in three year cycles, many professionals use System 6000 to ensure their most precious audio effects. Before, this was a challenge when managing projects; and typically involved MIDI or custom solutions to synchronize data.
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System 6000 Integrator is priced at $499, but will be available for $299 as an introductory offer until 1 September 2014. TC Electronic is also offering a free 14-day trial for all System 6000 users.
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"Defective" Samus Figure Sells For A Ton On eBay
The Samus Amiibo that accidentally shipped with two arm cannons instead of one wasn't just an exercise in maximum firepower. It's also proof that "defective" toys are often the most valuable.
The Samus Amiibo that accidentally shipped with two arm cannons instead of one wasn't just an exercise in maximum firepower. It's also proof that "defective" toys are often the most valuable. » 12/01/14 7:30pm 12/01/14 7:30pm
The WD My Passport Ultra is one of the most popular hard drives on Amazon (4.5 stars on nearly 5,000 reviews), a Wirecutter runner-up selection, and only $80 right now for 2TB on eBay. For a point of comparison, Amazon has never offered it for less than $99. Plus since it's eBay, you probably won't have to pay sales… » 11/29/14 12:25am 11/29/14 12:25am
Update: Back in stock! » 11/28/14 12:15am 11/28/14 12:15am
Update: Sold out » 11/28/14 12:12am 11/28/14 12:12am
"Not a single store in Georgia has any," a local GameStop employee told me over the phone as I called about looking for the GameCube controller released with Super Smash Bros. Wii U. That's explains why the cheapest one on Amazon is $89.99, and why eBay prices are going through the roof. » 11/22/14 5:30pm 11/22/14 5:30pm
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Remember that one NES game that you played every night for weeks then never got back from a friend you lent it to? This guy probably has it. And thousands of other games from the 1980s and 1990s, too. He's selling his entire collection for a whole lot of money. » 10/07/14 7:30pm 10/07/14 7:30pm
Someone is willing to pay more than $1000 for a fancy version of Bungie's next big video game. That's almost 10 times what the Ghost edition of Destiny costs. For that much cash, you better be able to go to the moon, too. » 8/04/14 11:30am 8/04/14 11:30am
Never mind the fact it's a beta, or that it's being thrown open to anyone with an internet connection, some people wanted to get into the Titanfall beta so bad they were willing to pay for it. » 2/16/14 7:00pm 2/16/14 7:00pm
Flappy Bird may be gone, but while many are mourning its passing, others are seeing a rather drastic market opportunity. » 2/10/14 2:30am 2/10/14 2:30am
This much. Actually, a bit more. They couldn't fit everything on one photo. » 2/05/14 7:40am 2/05/14 7:40am
That ugly looking Nintendo World Championships cartridge for sale on eBay has been bid up to more than $99,000 over the past two days. The auction closes in two hours. » 1/25/14 4:57pm 1/25/14 4:57pm
But nope! For that kind of luxury, you need to pay at least three to five times as much. » 1/23/14 7:30am 1/23/14 7:30am
Auctions of eight Capcom Cup tournament edition fight sticks—awarded only to top finishers of the tournament last week—have so far raised $18,000 for relief to the Phillippines in its recovery from Typhoon Haiyan. Four more auctions close tomorrow, and will raise at least $6,300 more. » 12/22/13 7:01pm 12/22/13 7:01pm
Poor Peter Clatworthy—the guy who paid £450 (USD$735) for a picture of an Xbox One—has been the butt of many an internet joke. This video, while verging a bit on the mean side, is one of the best. » 12/06/13 1:30pm 12/06/13 1:30pm
English teenager Peter Clatworthy made some very bad decisions during an Xbox One auction on eBay, paying £450 (USD$735) and not even getting a console. He got a picture of a console. » 12/05/13 11:00pm 12/05/13 11:00pm
Typically, spending a ton of money and only ending up with a box is a scam people don't want to buy into. Unless, apparently, you really want special Xbox One packaging. » 11/28/13 3:00pm 11/28/13 3:00pm
Though major retailers have been cleaned out of their launch-day stock, and supply is expected to be tightly manipulated through the holiday shopping season, the gray market has seen brisk business for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One, and unlike past console launches, prices have not been alarmingly out-of-hand. » 11/25/13 1:00pm 11/25/13 1:00pm
They say that everything has a price—and this axiom apparently includes Xbox One achievements, judging from recent eBay listings. » 11/22/13 8:30pm 11/22/13 8:30pm


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"Love these, I have tried many recipes looking for this exact combination, crunchy yet creamy. I have found it. I made these for Fathers day Brunch and they were a huge hit. I did tweak a little by adding bell pepper, onion and garlic. will definitely be making these again. No problem with sticking, actually used a little less oil.


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