In last night’s Media Marathoning class, we discussed what it means to take an “active audience” approach after reading Henry Jenkins’ chapter “How Texts Become Real” in his 1992 book Textual Poachers. I consider this to be one of the most illustrative quotes from the chapter: “The text is drawn close not so that the…
Note: This is the first of many posts that will be made by students in Lisa Perks’ Media Marathoning course at Nazareth College. emmy rossum nude jazonline 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…
How well do you know marathoned texts? Our “media marathoning” banner is a composite of 12 fonts from marathoned texts. sophie rain only fan 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…
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. jaden newman onlyfans CARMELA CLUTCH 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…