A few months ago I posted an article, Postmodern Presidential Branding, which highlighted Obama’s “O” logo in particular, as a example of open ended visual narrative, easily recreated and reproduced. Here’s exhibit 3,569. I was never a Dead Head (though I dated one) but I’ve been a Grateful Dead fan for as long as I’ve [...]
Also taggedYesterday John Edwards endorsed Barack Obama. I know, old news already. But if you haven’t seen the video it’s worth noting the overwhelming enthusiasm from the Michigan crowd when Obama introduced Edwards. Considering he received 7% of the vote in West Virginia and isn’t even running I’d say he’s still got some serious mojo with [...]
Also tagged Narrative, PhotographyAfter last week’s ABC Democratic primary debate, the Bag posted a great series of TV frames as a visual recap to the debate. In my earlier post I wrote;
This is by far the most succinct summary of last night’s debacle of a debate TV show hosted produced by ABC News Disney Entertainment. This captures the [...]
As often happens here on this blog, because we don’t have a formal editorial process, different writers post articles related to the same or similar material, albeit from often different perspectives. See Bent’s article bellow, Barack Mean to Bubba, which also deals with the topic of this blogpost. Although we have approached the subject from [...]
Also tagged Myth and Symbol, Photography, Politics, Visual SemioticsBarack Obama may have committed a major political faux pas last week when he spoke out on the attitudes of some prospective working class voters: “It’s not surprising then,” he said, “that they get bitter, they cling to guns or religion or antipathy to people who aren’t like them or anti-immigrant sentiment or anti-trade sentiment [...]
Also tagged Media and Media Theory, Popular Culture, SemioticsThis is where we are right now. It’s a racial stalemate we’ve been stuck in for years. Contrary to the claims of some of my critics, black and white, I have never been so naïve as to believe that we can get beyond our racial divisions in a single election cycle, or with a single [...]
Also tagged Civil Rights / Human Rights, Politics, Progressivism (neo), Race and EthnicitySomething I’ve been thinking about but just never got around to writing about is the use of visual media in these presidential campaigns. Much has already been written about the explosion of internet based communications this cycle, from blogging to user created video. One of things I had looked at early on were the candidates’ [...]
Also tagged Politics, Postmodern Culture, SemioticsApril 8, there will be a special primary election for California’s 12th Congressional District, which has become vacant after Tom Lantos passed away last week.
Within days, a draft Lawrence Lessig campaign was set up by Harvard professor John Palfrey.
Ars Technica reported;
Legal theorist Lawrence Lessig, who has become an academic celebrity for his innovative work on [...]
The Honorable John R. Edwards
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Suite 400
Chapel Hill, NC 27516
Dear Senator Edwards:
It was good meeting with you yesterday and discussing my father’s legacy. On the day when the nation will honor my father, I wanted to follow up with a [...]
by Stuart Noble
John Edwards is my dark horse of the 2008 presidential elections. I may be going out on a limb here, but there’s a real progressive current moving through the US. Several western and mountain states are turning blue. Democrats are in a strong position to not only pick up the presidency but also [...]