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Public Event: Brown Bag workshop: Researching Culture across Disciplines, Media and Senses
No full textThis Brown Bag workshop, "Researching Culture across Disciplines, Media and Senses," will be presented by Marie-Therese Abogo (PhD Candidate, Anthropology, Laval University) and Vincent Andrisani (PhD Candidate, School of Communication, SFU). Dr. Milena Droumeva (School of Communication, SFU) will introduce and chair the workshop. This workshop is co-sponsored by the CPCC and School of Communication at Simon Fraser University. Please see the full text for details
Selling Marvel’s Cinematic Superheroes Through Militarization
Get PDFThe Marvel comics film adaptations have been some of the most successful Hollywood products of the post 9/11 period, bringing formerly obscure cultural texts into the mainstream. Through an analysis of the adaptation process of Marvel Entertainment’s superhero franchise from comics to film, I argue that militarization has been used by Hollywood as a discursive formation with which to transform niche properties into mass market products. I consider the locations of narrative ambiguities in two key comics texts, The Ultimates (2002-2007) and The New Avengers (2005-2012), as well as in the film The Avengers (2011), and demonstrate the significant reorientation towards the military of the film franchise. While Marvel had attempted to produce film adaptations for decades, only under the new “militainment†discursive formation was it finally successful. I argue that superheroes are malleable icons, known largely by the public by their image and perhaps general character traits rather than their narratives. Militainment is introduced through a discourse of realism provided by Marvel Studios as an indicator that the property is not just for children.
Keywords: militarization, popular film, comic books, adaptatio
Introduction: Understanding Digital Sphere in the Networked 21st Century
Get PDFSince the mid-1990s, our society has substantially advanced digital technologies and their continuous and through integration into people's daily lives. In just a couple of decades, our society has gone from being technically primitive to one of the most advanced in the world (Frey, 2015). Digital technologies have consequently expanded the boundaries of our social circles, and new forms of digital technologies, such as social media and digital platforms, have become parts of our cultural activities. In fact, people do not only use social network sites to keep in touch with friends, but also use them to enjoy certain television drams and popular music. Digital technologies have also changed politics as the users are encouraged to tweet, text, or call in to vote for contestants in everything from reality competition shows to matchmaking endeavours-bridging the gap between our entertainment and our own lives. In the networked 21st century, digital technologies and the media are interwoven, and neither can be separated from contemporary society in most developed and developing nations. By tweeting or uploading people's news and images, the circle of communication is wider than ever (McGivern, 2013). Meanwhile, digital technologies have become some of the most significant tools in the global economy due to their roles as new growth engines for the economy and culture
Public Event: Media Democracy Days 2016
No full textMedia Democracy Days 2016 will be hosted on November 15, 16 and 19 at Harbour Centre. Events will include audio production workshops on the 15th and 16th (by Vancouver Co-op Radio 100.5FM and CiTR 101.9FM in partnership with the Vancouver Public Library's digital creativity and storytelling learning space), and a full day of hands on workshops, discussions, and collaboratively determined events on November 19th, along with a keynote by Ryan McMahon.For the full program and schedule, please visit 2016.mediademocracydays.ca or see the attached see the full text
PHD Defence: “The Right to Authentic Political Communication” by Ann Rees
Get PDFOur dear colleague, Ann Rees, will defend her PhD dissertation on Friday, January 22nd, 2016 at Harbour Centre, Room 1315 (1:30pm). Here is the abstract of her dissertation “The Right to Au-thentic Political Communication”
Global Communication Program 2016 Year-End Presentation
No full textThe 3rd cohort of M.A. Double Degree Program in Global Communication are finishing their first year at SFU and will soon start the second year of study in Beijing. Prior to the departure, the students will present their capstone projects completed at SFU. The event will be hosted on Thursday, August 4 (9:00am to 4:00pm) at Harbour Centre, Room 7000.For more details, please see the attached PDF
Public Event: Brown Bag Lecture Series: This is not McLuhan's Global Village
No full textThe School of Communication's Brown Bag Lecture Series continues this month. Chaired by Yuezhi Zhao, "This is not McLuhan's Global Village," will take place 12pm-1pm in the Mallinson Conference Room (K8652) on Wednesday, January 13th. Please see the full text for details
Public Event: Brown Bag Lecture Series: Journalisms for Climate Crisis
No full textThe next Brown Bag Seminar is at noon on March 9th, 2016 at SFU Burnaby in the Mallinson Conference room, K8652. Dr. Shane Gunster and Dr. Robert Hackett, both from the School of Communication will be speaking on the topic of "Journalisms for Climate Crisis". For more information, please see the PDF poster. 
Public Event: CPCC Seminar: Geographies, Alternatives Cartographies: Crime Mapping And The Prefiguration Of Disposability
No full textIn this seminar Dr. Burman will discuss her research on online crime mapping, with a particular focus on how the LA Times' maps narrate the lives and deaths of the Black women killed by Lonnie Franklin Jr. The event will be held at on October 7, 2016, from 5PM-7PM at Harbour Centre room 1520. This event is organized by the Centre for Policy Studies on Culture and Communities and the School of Communication; and co-sponsored by SFU’s Vancity Community Engagement Office, the Institute of Humanities, the Department of English and Kwantlen Polytechnic University’s Social Justice Centre. Please see the attached poster for details
Public Event: Comprehensive Exams Workshop
No full textGraduate students have organized an event about the program's comprehensive exams process, to be held on Friday, October 28 from 2 p.m. - 4 p.m. in the CMNS conference room up at Burnaby (Room 8652). For more details, please see the attached poster.