Category: Media and Society
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Me, Myself, and AI: A Look Into Parasociality With Chatbots
Written by José-Matéo Hozjan-Guerra for Cheryl Simon’s Communication Theory course. Movies such as Ex Machina and The Terminator offer us a glimpse into the possibility of future advancements in technology and artificial intelligence. While we deny the plausibility of a cyborg assassin sent to kill us someday in the future, these human-like representations of artificially…
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The Model Minority in Film
The Model Minority in Film by Lindsy Mae explores the concept of the Model Minority in film and its perpetuation of harmful stereotypes due to the limited portrayal of Asian characters in mainstream media.
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Cultural Differences, Diasporic Cinema in The Farewell
By Clarisse Boutin, created for Justine McLellan’s Media and Society course Click the image or here to watch
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Romantic Comedies and Romantic Ideals
By Clarisse Boutin and Arielle Simon-Hamel, created for Justine McLellan’s Media and Society course
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Cinema and Behavior
by Sarah Foster, Caleb Gales & Emilia Martinez, created for Justine McLellan’s Media and Society course
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Denis Villeneuve’s Arrival and the Critique of Nationalism
By Théo Lambert, created for Justine McLellan’s Media and Society course
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Reality Television as a Funhouse Mirror
By Théo Lambert, created for Justine McLellan’s Media and Society course
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The Erasure of Black Contribution in Hollywood and Jordan Peele’s Nope
By Ethan Bautista, created for Justine McLellan’s Media and Society course In this magazine, Ethan Bautista explores how Jordan Peele’s Nope addresses the historical lack of recognition for black contribution in the film industry, thus touching on topics such as presentism, the legacy of stunt work, themes of exploitation and the monster’s allegorical nature.
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Fembot Fantasy
By Victoria Psiharis, Emma Simetic, Adelina Petkova and Sofia Timotheatos, created for Justine McLellan’s Media and Society course Fembot Fantasy analyzes the science-fiction genre’s fetishistic portrayal of fembots, robots adorning feminine traits, through the lense of technoscopophilia.
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