Welcome to a special WGA strike-themed week from In Media Res. Please feel free to respond to their comments and add your own thoughts and ideas about the series as well.

This week’s In Media Res line-up:

Monday, December 17, 2007 – Miranda Banks (University of Southern California) presents: “Of Scabs and Cats: The WGA’s Internet Campaign”

Tuesday, December 18, 2007 – Derek Kompare (Southern Methodist University) presents: “The AMPTP vs. the World”

Wednesday, December 19, 2007 – Ellen Seiter (University of Southern California) presents: “Raising the Bar: the Pros take on YouTube”

Thursday, December 20, 2007 – Jennifer Holt (University of California at Santa Barbara) presents: “Voices of Uncertainty: The AMPTP in Their Own Words”

Friday, December 21, 2007 – Julia Himberg (University of Southern California) presents: “Writers & Authorship”

Please check out these wonderful contributions and offer your thoughts via a comment.

Maybe some of you were already familiar with this project, but in case not, I just heard about BPR3. It seems, in some ways, to have goals similar to MediaCommons’, though the contributors to BPR3 will be writing reviews of books and articles in all kinds of journals and edited collections, both in print and online (I think). Here’s a list of goals from a recent post by Dave Munger, founder of BPR3:

1. To establish standards for online discussion, cataloging, and citation of peer-reviewed research;
2. To improve the visibility and status of weblogs and other sites that thoughtfully discuss peer-reviewed research;
3. To produce and manage a central web site where readers can locate weblog posts, online discussions, journal articles, and other information about academic research, and which other institutions can use to provide other services to the public and the research community;
4. To provide a forum for researchers and the public to discuss and collaborate on research projects;
5. To promote the discussion and dissemination of peer-reviewed research;
6. To educate and inform the public about academic research;
7. To engage in other activities related to the discussion, dissemination, and education about peer-reviewed research.

I’m now curious to talk to Dave more about collaboration opportunities.

Welcome to a special alternative media-themed week from In Media Res. Please feel free to respond to their comments and add your own thoughts and ideas about the series as well.

This week’s In Media Res line-up:

Monday, December 10, 2007 – Chris Atton (Napier University) presents: “Rory Bremner as Ahmadinejad: The Purity of Alternative Media”

Tuesday, December11, 2007 – Laura Stein (University of Texas at Austin) presents: “Deconstructing Television from Within: the Alternative Aesthetics of Paper Tiger Television”

Wednesday, December12, 2007 – Allison Perlman (Penn State University– Erie) presents: “Jesus 2.0: Christian Identity and Community on Godtube”

Thursday, December 13, 2007 – Clemencia Rodriguez (University of Oklahoma) presents: “Citizens’ Media in Southern Colombia”

Friday, December 14, 2007 – Dorothy Kidd (University of San Francisco) presents: “Alternative, mainstream or ?: The case of Radio Bilingue”

Please check out these wonderful contributions and offer your thoughts via a comment.

Welcome to a special dance and media-themed week from In Media Res. Please feel free to respond to their comments and add your own thoughts and ideas about the series as well.

This week’s In Media Res line-up:

Monday, December 3, 2007 – Dana Heller (Old Dominion University) presents: “National Dance Styles and Global Television Formats”

Tuesday, December 4, 2007 – Kelli Kilgore (City of Virginia Beach) presents: “You Can’t Stop the Beat: Dance the Gen X Addiction”

Wednesday, December 5, 2007 – Zachary Dorsey (University of Texas at Austin) presents: “Slick Moves: Queer Fight Choreography in The Transporter”

Thursday, December 6, 2007 – Jane Desmond (University of Illinois – Champaign Urbana) presents: ” Unexpected Virtuosity and the Dancing Cockatiel”

Friday, December 7, 2007 – Anna Beatrice Scott (University of California — Riverside) presents: “Infinite Auditions: Dance as Data Set and Habit”

Please check out these wonderful contributions and offer your thoughts via a comment.