Note: This is the first of many posts that will be made by students in Lisa Perks’ Media Marathoning course at Nazareth College. From Student Elise Miklich: This evening I attended my first ever Zen meditation class. The instructor took the participants through several steps to ultimately learn how to “be in the now.” “The…

How well do you know marathoned texts? Our “media marathoning” banner is a composite of 12 fonts from marathoned texts. All of them can be found in our list of “commonly marathoned texts.” See how many you can identify (without Google’s help). The “i” is very tricky, but many people will probably have the same…

As Amanda and I work on understanding what makes a text “marathonable” (or “thonetic,” as I prefer), we have a LOT of viewing and reading to do. After taking notes on the Lord of the Rings books, the Back to the Future Movies, and the (real) Star Wars movies this summer, I’m now turning to…

Viewers and readers are commonly immersing themselves in the serial stories of movies, television, and books through the practice of media marathoning. This trend of media marathoning has gained prominence due, in part, to content delivery digital technologies that enable immediate, user-controlled access to desired mediated texts. The popularity of media marathoning not only marks…