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An Interview with Tony David Sampson: Author of Virality: Contagion Theory in the Age of Networks
Tony D. Sampson is Reader in Digital Culture and Communication in the School of Arts and Digital Industries (ADI) at the University of East London, where he directs the EmotionUX lab, supervising research on the cognitive, emotional, and affective aspects of user experience. In 2013, he co-founded Club Critical Theory, an organization dedicated to the application of critical theory in everyday life in Southend-on-Sea, Essex. Tony is the author of Virality: Contagion Theory in the Age of Networks and The Assemblage Brain: Sense Making in Neuroculture, both from the University of Minnesota Press. He blogs at viralcontagion.wordpress.com.
The editors of this special NANO issue are delighted to have the opportunity to talk with Tony about how his work touches on issues of imitation and contagion—a loaded term unpacked within his 2012 book
Baker_Jeffery_transcription_2016
Transcript (12 pages) of an interview conducted by Tony Sams with Norman Jeffery Baker on November 2, 2016. Transcript completed by Anthony Sams, November 2016. Baker discusses his family\u27s experience with the health effects of atomic testing. His mother\u27s family lived in Lund, Nevada
Norman_Jeffrey_Baker_Interview_Original
Video (28 minutes, 14 seconds) of an interview conducted by Tony Sams with Norman Jeffery Baker n November 2, 2016. Baker discusses his family\u27s experience with the health effects of atomic testing. His mother\u27s family lived in Lund, Nevada
Preston_J_Truman_Interview_Transcript
Transcript (2 pages) of an interview conducted by Tony Sams with Preston J. Truman on October 3, 2016. Transcribed by Justin Sorensen in November 2016. Truman recalls kindergarten in Enterprise, Utah, during the era of atomic testing, and reads from a statement address by the government to residents in the area at the time
Preston_J_Truman_Interview_Original
Video (3 minutes, 39 seconds) of an interview conducted by Tony Sams with Preston J. Truman on October 3, 2016. Truman recalls kindergarten in Enterprise, Utah, during the era of atomic testing, and reads from a statement address by the government to residents in the area at the time
The voices of film
A Humanities in Focus video (8 minutes, 2 seconds long), produced by Alexza Clark and Mary Sue Neider; videographer Tony Sams. Includes comments by Jeff Metcalf, HIF Director of documentary studies Craig Wirth, HIF documentary filmmakers Nadia Rivera, Maricruz Juarez, Corky Richard, Judy Fuwell. This video is about the "Humanities in Focus" program and those involved in making documentary film
Mary_Dickson_Interview_Original
Video (52 minutes, 33 seconds) of an interview conducted by Tony Sams and Justin Sorensen with Mary Dickson on January 11, 2917. Dickson discusses growing up in Salt Lake City, her family\u27s health problems that probably resulted from fallout from the Nevada atomic tests; the government\u27s cover-up of the problem; and her work as a journalist and as a Downwinder activist
Tony Ramirez and Elmo Sams
Tony Ramirez of San Antonio lands left as he sends Amarillo\u27s Elmo Sams into ropes during fly weight scrap on Star-Telegram\u27s State Golden Gloves program. Ramirez earned decision. Published in Fort Worth Star-Telegram morning February 23, 1954.https://mavmatrix.uta.edu/specialcollections_startelegram1950s/30965/thumbnail.jp
Mary_Dickson_Interview_Transcript
Transcript (16 pages) of an interview conducted by Tony Sams and Justin Sorensen with Mary Dickson on January 11, 2917. Transcript completed by Justin Sorensen in January 2017. Dickson discusses growing up in Salt Lake City, her family\u27s health problems that probably resulted from fallout from the Nevada atomic tests; the government\u27s cover-up of the problem; and her work as a journalist and as a Downwinder activist
Lowell memories
A Humanities in Focus video (12 minutes, 8 seconds long) concerning Lowell Elementary School in Salt Lake City, directed, produced, and written by Corky Richard; edited by Judy Fuwell, Corky Richard, Tim Phillips, Tony Sams, and Tyson Welsh. Former classmates Jacob Elias, Corky Richard, and Abby Scott share memories of their time at Lowell in the 1990s. The school closed in the early 2000s. Includes comments by former 3rd grade teacher Mary Soh
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