Creeping decay: cult soundtracks, residual media, and digital technologies [PDF]
This paper explores the recent resurgence in the collecting of cult film soundtracks, in particular films stemming from the late 1960s to the early 1980s and often linked to horror and other modes of exploitation cinema.
Sexton, Jamie
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The Anti-Cult Discourse of Print Media: Problematization of the Role of the Anti-Cult Movement
This article is devoted to analyzing the anti-cult discourse in the Republic of Belarus in 1996–2000. The print media and the anti-cult movement are selected as objects of research because of their significant role in this discourse.
Vladimir A. Martinovich
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Stepping out of the Ivory Tower: A Sociological Engagement in ‘The Cult Wars’ [PDF]
The paper describes how the author's research into a new religious movement in the 1970s led to her finding herself a player in the ‘cult wars’, with a variety of different groups competing to have their constructions of images of the movements accepted ...
Eileen Barker
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Trans-cult-ural fandom: Desire, technology and the transformation of fan subjectivities in the Japanese female fandom of Hong Kong stars [PDF]
This essay examines the ways in which affective desire and new media technologies were mobilized by Japanese female fans of Hong Kong films and stars to produce a fan subjectivity that was at once cult and transcultural. The origins of this fandom, which
Lori Hitchcock Morimoto
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"Cult media, fandom, and textiles," by Brigid Cherry
Brigid Cherry, Cult media, fandom, and textiles: Handicrafting as fan art. New York: Bloomsbury Academic, 2016, paperback, $39.95 (216p) ISBN 9781350071339.
Samantha Anne Close
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Metonymy And The Cult Of Intensity In Media Discourse [PDF]
In the present paper, we present a new perspective on the features of the current media message. The Romanian media, under pressure of the markets, rapid digitization, and a considerable effort to synchronize with Western markets, builds on peaks of ...
Xenia NEGREA, Dan Valeriu VOINEA
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The Lexicons of Cult Film: Rhetoric, Media, and The Big Lebowski
In this paper, we explore how The Big Lebowski provides “equipment for living,” to explain the Lebowski phenomenon and answer the question: How do individuals use The Big Lebowski to communicate across cultures? In answer to this question, we argue that
Andrew C Jones +2 more
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The paper investigates the TV series The Big Bang Theory (2007-2019) as a space of representation of the cultural and media consumption of the Post-Millennials.
Mario Tirino, Vincenzo Auriemma
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KREIRANJE VIZUELNE PREDSTAVE I PROPAGANDNE SLIKE JOSIPA BROZA TITA. PRILOG PROUČAVANJU IZGRADNJE KULTA LIČNOSTI [PDF]
The shaping of Tito’s cult went through various phases and changed in the rhythm of dynamic social changes. The image of Tito is systematically, organized and patiently revived through the media, educational and scientific system, party and wider social ...
Srđan Cvetković
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Marvel media convergence: Cult following and buddy banter [PDF]
Abstract The social media driven paradigm shift and convergence of mass media has transformed celebrity culture, and affected the way fans are entertained and audiences interact with celebrities and fan communities. The series Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D marked Marvel Studio’s first foray into the medium of television. In a convergent
Raphael, Jackie, Lam, Celia
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