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Episode 106: 4channic Discourse
The Overthinkers tackle both hegemonic and 4channic discourse.
Chuck vs. Fire from Olympus
New (Fake) Facebook Features
Cultural Sensitivity McFail
Popular Culture We’re Taking For Granted
The Internet Is No Longer A Series Of Tubes: Ted Stevens Loses his Senate Seat
Seriously Google, It’s Time
Gmail launched in March of 2004. That means that the service has been up and running for longer than the entirety of World War II American involvement in World War II. It now has tens of millions of users. Google…
The Word Cloud Conspiracy
One of my many vices is political blogs. I read a whole slew of them, several times a day (and lord help me, I even read the comments). I especially enjoy reading the progressive DailyKos, and the staunchly conservative RedState,…
Best of the Blogs: The Harvard Classics Project
The Harvard Classics Project is a very Overthinking It-type enterprise, in that it combines high culture and pop culture. On the high culture side is The Harvard Classics. In the first decade of the 20th century, Harvard President Charles Eliot…