Liveblog of Richard Edwards’ colloquium at the School of Informatics in Bloomington, entitled, “Citizen-Generated Content: The Rise of Video Mashups in the 2008 Election.” From 2007′s Phil de Vellis’s “Vote Different” to 2008′s Will.i.am’s “Yes We Can,” video mashups—as a form of political discourse—have become extremely popular in this election cycle, and signal the rise of the “YouTube election.”
Passing the gas Buck
30-something years ago, Mom was shopping in the local hardware store with my sister snoozing in the stroller. Mom passed gas and without missing a beat turned her shocked face toward her slumbering child and exclaimed, “Meg!” Thus was born a rich family tradition.