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The Time of Laughter

Comedy and the Media Cultures of Japan

By David Humphrey
Subjects: Asian Studies, Japan, Media Studies, T.V. & Radio, Theater and Performance
Series: Michigan Monograph Series in Japanese Studies

How laughter shapes contemporary Japanese media

Rock This Way

Cultural Constructions of Musical Legitimacy

By Mel Stanfill
Subjects: Music, Popular Music, Media Studies, T.V. & Radio, Law, Intellectual Property, African American Studies

What remixes, covers, mash-ups, and parodies say about the perceived legitimacy of music making

Listening with a Feminist Ear

Soundwork in Bombay Cinema

By Pavitra Sundar
Subjects: Music, Ethnomusicology, Asian Studies, South/Southeast Asia, Media Studies, Cinema Studies, Women's Studies

On the cultural politics and possibilities of sound in cinema

Bits and Pieces

Screening Animal Life and Death

By Sarah O'Brien
Subjects: Media Studies, Cinema Studies

How and why animals—especially dead animals—matter in film and television

Toward a Gameic World

New Rules of Engagement from Japanese Video Games

By Ben Whaley
Subjects: Asian Studies, Japan, Media Studies, New Media
Series: Michigan Monograph Series in Japanese Studies

Examines the ways in which Japanese video games engage with social issues and national traumas

Negative, Nonsensical, and Non-Conformist

The Films of Suzuki Seijun

By Peter A. Yacavone
Subjects: Asian Studies, Japan, Media Studies, Cinema Studies
Series: Michigan Monograph Series in Japanese Studies

The definitive study of the pathbreaking and controversial Japanese film director who expanded the form, rhetoric, and philosophy of popular genre movies

Sartorial Fandom

Fashion, Beauty Culture, and Identity

Edited by Elizabeth Affuso & Suzanne Scott
Subjects: Media Studies, New Media

Explores the intersections of fandom and fashion

The Currency of Truth

Newsmaking and the Late-Socialist Imaginaries of China's Digital Era

By Emily H. C. Chua
Subjects: Asian Studies, China, Anthropology, Cultural Anthropology, Sociology, Media Studies, Journalism, Political Science, Political Communication
Series: China Understandings Today

Explores the complex interpersonal networks and differing ethical standpoints that shape the news in China

Cinema Ann Arbor

How Campus Rebels Forged a Singular Film Culture

By Frank Uhle
Subjects: Media Studies, Cinema Studies, Cultural Studies, Michigan and the Great Lakes, Ann Arbor/University of Michigan, Art and Culture

A fascinating journey into the DIY spirit of a highly influential film community

Democracy's News

A Primer on Journalism for Citizens Who Care about Democracy

By G. Michael Killenberg & Rob Anderson
Subjects: Media Studies, Journalism, Political Science, Political Behavior and Public Opinion

How a free press can unite America

Memetic Rhetorics

Toward a Toolkit for Ethical Meming

By Derek M. Sparby
Subjects: Media Studies, New Media
Series: Sweetland Digital Rhetoric Collaborative

Approaches memes from a rhetorical ethical perspective to examine what makes a successful meme and how memes operate in digital groups

Collateral Damage

The Influence of Political Rhetoric on the Incorporation of Second-Generation Americans

By Sean Richey
Subjects: Media Studies, Women's Studies, Political Science

Anti-immigration rhetoric negatively affects second generation Americans

Thirty-two New Takes on Taiwan Cinema

Edited by Emilie Yueh-yu Yeh, Darrell William Davis, and Wenchi Lin
Subjects: Asian Studies, Media Studies, Cinema Studies

A film-by-film introduction to Taiwan cinema and cultures

Creating Chaos Online

Disinformation and Subverted Post-Publics

By Asta Zelenkauskaite
Subjects: Political Science, Political Communication, Media Studies

Unmasks the disinformation propagated by Russian trolling in public discourse

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