![courtesy of Heath Bunting's website](https://journeys.dartmouth.edu/edge/files/2016/08/Screen-Shot-2016-08-24-at-12.38.36-PM-445x140.png)
The idea of physical borders to distinguish geographic areas is something, that while once was based on protecting those it contained, is becoming increasingly counterproductive….
![The Lone Spectator Phenomena: Video on Demand Versus Baudry’s Apparatus Theory](https://journeys.dartmouth.edu/edge/files/2016/08/vod-playout-blog-470x140.png)
In his 1974 work, Ideological Effects of the Basic Cinematic Apparatus, Jean Louis Baudry argues that conditions under which cinematic effects are produced influence the…
![Televised Media, Civic Discourse, and the RNC](https://journeys.dartmouth.edu/edge/files/2016/08/che-470x140.jpg)
In 1996, then-President Bill Clinton signed the Telecommunications Act, which was the first significant overhaul of telecommunications law in more than sixty years, representing the…
![Diversifying International Film Festival](https://journeys.dartmouth.edu/edge/files/2016/08/media-470x140.jpg)
Every year festivals such as the Edinburgh International Film Festival, Sundance, Toronto, and so on must curate a program to entertain people of both the…
![Why Film Festivals Matter: Festivals as "Part of a Film's Life"](https://journeys.dartmouth.edu/edge/files/2016/08/eyqxosovr4aq7u5fhzys-470x140.jpg)
In a meeting with Dartmouth students in summer 2016, Mark Adams, Artistic Director of the Edinburgh International Film Festival (EIFF), explained how he views a…
![Future of Film is in Gaming](https://journeys.dartmouth.edu/edge/files/2016/08/damaged-core-299x140.jpg)
In Hamlet on the Holodeck, Janet Murray says that, “The kaleidoscopic power of the computer allows us to tell stories that more truly reflect our…
![The New Paradigm of Eastern Hollywood](https://journeys.dartmouth.edu/edge/files/2016/08/qingdao-470x140.jpg)
While economic markers points to China’s economy slowing down, its appetite for films is only forecast to grow. While manufacturing has contracted, the entertainment industry…
![Bojack and Asexuality](https://journeys.dartmouth.edu/edge/files/2016/08/Sheldon_amy-240x140.jpg)
In the most recent season of the an animated series Bojack Horseman (created by Raphael Bob-Waksberg and debuted on Netflix in 2014) Bojack’s sidekick…
![Tom Hiddleston is introduced as Loki for the first "Thor" at Comic con 2013.](https://journeys.dartmouth.edu/edge/files/2016/08/comic-con-inside-article.jpg)
Every year in the third weekend of July, the San Diego Convention Center fills with stormtroopers and superhero lookalikes signaling the beginning of the 4…
![Episode V: The Nerds Strike Back](https://journeys.dartmouth.edu/edge/files/2016/08/Nerd-Fashion.jpg)
This past weekend, the 2016 Comic-Con International was held in San Diego, bringing with it an expected $150,000,000 and 130,000 attendees. The convention maxed…