In Media Res [February 23-27, 2009]

This week’s In Media Res line-up:

  Monday, February 23, 2009 – Greg M. Smith (Georgia State University) presents: “Masking the Difficulties of the Superhero Film Adaptation”     Tuesday, February 24, 2009 – Tamara Vukov ( McGill University) presents: “Viral shock and spectacle in the policing of borders: The Youtube Taser Death of Robert Dziekanski”     Wednesday, February 25, 2009 – Sam Ford (Research Affiliate, MIT Convergence Culture Consortium) presents: “’You Wind Her Up, She Bakes’…The (Increasingly Sparse) Moments Longtime Soaps Fans Still Watch For”     Thursday, February 26, 2009 – Richard Edwards (Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis) presents: “The Virality of Hope: Shepard Fairey and Brand Obama”     Friday, February 27, 2009 – Kristina Busse (University of South Alabama) presents: “Class as Magical Realism in Beautiful People”     Please check out these wonderful contributions and offer your thoughts via a comment.