TenFour

The expansion of new media, including blogging, podcasting and vlogging, has given the community at large more of an opportunity to share opinions and to allow individuals to have a voice. But what about youth? Many organizations, such as those affiliated with Listen Up, have helped young people create their own media, but is the degree to which they are free to express themselves limited by adult perspectives? Link: http://www.listenup.org

This videocast explores the communities of Meetup.com, and suggests that it could be a powerful tool, as in the case of Democracy for America.

An interview with Steve Anderson (Professor of Interactive Media at USC) in which we examine the forces at work in "This Spartan Life", a talk show in set in the world of Halo, and talk about what the show is doing in the broader scheme of things.

A mini documentary on the purpose and actions of the political activist group, covering general facts about surveillance, what the group has done in protest, and how it has used the internet to further its cause.

This videocast explores the pros and cons of digital information and research sources in relation to traditional library information cataloging systems. The video focuses on a comparative analysis of USC's Doheny library and social bookmarking websites such as del.icio.us.

An in-class, old-school debate about the value of blogs in relation to traditional news outlets. Defending the blogosphere are Isomi Miake-Lye, Sonia Seetharaman and Andy Hogan; defending traditional new media are Sam Ghods and Lindsay Pond. The debate moderators are Sam Goldberg and Andrew Syder. In this final round, the two teams duke it out by asking each other questions.

Tara McPherson is the Chair of the Critical Studies Division of the School of Cinema-Television at USC. This videoblog was created by Sonia Seetharaman. For more information about "Learning From Katrina: Anticipation, Preparation, Response" visit http://usckatrinateachin.blogspot.com

Students were given 60 minutes to remix and mash-up audio and images from the creative commons into a 30 second video segment. These segments were then compiled in this video, which represents a spontaneous explosion of the collective creativity and insanity of the IML 104 students and instructors. Visit the TenFour website for a complete mediagraphy of the works sampled.

A summary and extension of Lawrence Lessig and Jeff Tweedy's presentation, "Who Owns Culture?", at the New York Public Library on April 7th, 2005, which can be viewed or listened to at http://wilcoworld.net/wired. This podcast also features a clip from a Q&A following a talk given by Lessig at the USC Annenberg Center for Communication in December 2004. Video of this talk and the Q&A can be downloaded at http://www.iml.annenberg.edu/html/research/summits/summitsVideoPublic.htm

After examining Mark Dery's article concerning culture jamming in relation to video game culture, we then discuss grassroots and juvenile appropriation of video game images and later include theories of radicalism in general. Links, http://www.levity.com/markdery/culturjam.html (Mark Dery article on Culture Jamming), http://forums.nintendo.com/nintendo/board?board.id=FanFic (Nintendo Fan Fiction), http://slashfanfiction.com/categories.php?catid=174 (Slash Fan Fiction), http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view.php?id=86535 (Super Mario Spoof Video)

In this podcast, Lindsay Pond explores how tween culture is shaped by adult attitudes towards sexuality. She draws on the article "Sex in Public" by Lauren Berlant and Michael Warner (from Simon During, ed., THE CULTURAL STUDIES READER) to analyze how heteronormative hegemonic systems impact how society views non-heterosexual identities in children and children's culture. The PBS-Kids website that Lindsay discusses can be found at http://pbskids.org/itsmylife/emotions/kids/you_said_it_boy_girl.html

This video is an introduction to my area of study, the realms of online and distance education as well as the use of technology as a replacement teaching tool. Will the increase of computerized education be an advantage or a disadvantage to future generations? It is one of five After Effects animations exploring the culture industry. Authored by Sonia Seetharaman.

Over the past half a century, children have become one of corporate America's most important marketing demographic. An offshoot of this is the development of tween culture, whose members consist mainly of homogenized preadolescents, aged 8-14. They are easily influenced by peers and even more so by advertising and marketing schemes directed toward them. This video is one of five After Effects animations exploring the culture industry. Authored by Lindsay Pond.

Based loosely upon a post-Columbine testimony to Congress given by MIT Professor Henry Jenkins, this project engages in a rational view of video games and popular culture while mocking those who are engrossed in and perpetuate moral panic. This video is one of five After Effects animations exploring the culture industry. Authored by Andy Hogan.

The details of your life may not be as private as you’d like to think. You’d be surprised who knows about them. This video is one of five After Effects animations exploring the culture industry. Authored by Sam Ghods.