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Ted Friedman is the author of Electric Dreams: Computers and American Culture. He is currently writing A Centaur Manifesto: Mythos & Logos on the Commons. He is Associate Professor of Communication at Georgia State University in Atlanta.

Syllabus for Media and Cultural Studies

Posted on January 16, 2012

COMM 6160/8690, Spring 2012 Thursdays 4:30-7:00 PM, Sparks 321 Ted Friedman Office: 738 One Park Place South ted@tedfriedman.com http://twitter.com/tedfriedman http://tedfriedman.com Course Description What are the political dimensions of popular culture? How does culture reflect, influence, and embody structures of power? … Continue reading →

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Syllabus for GSU Senior Seminar: Auteurs, Audiences & Convergence Culture

Posted on January 9, 2012

Film 4910, Spring 2012 Tuesdays & Thursdays 2:30-3:45, Classroom South 328 Ted Friedman Office: 738 One Park Place South Email: ted@tedfriedman.com Twitter: http://twitter.com/tedfriedman Website: http://tedfriedman.com/teaching Course Description Media today are converging, as the boundaries that divide movies, TV, games, phones … Continue reading →

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Ted’s Top TV of 2011

Posted on January 1, 2012

1. Portlandia 2. Enlightened 3. Breaking Bad 4. Louie 5. Community 6. Parks and Recreation 7. Justified 8. Childrens Hospital 9. The Amazing Race 10. The Great Food Truck Race 11. Curb Your Enthusiasm 12. Hung 13.Top Chef 14. Bored … Continue reading →

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Ted’s Top Movies of 2011

Posted on December 31, 2011

As longtime readers of my blog know, I rate every movie I see according to the DTMTBD scale: how it compares to Don’t Tell Mom the Babysitter’s Dead, which I established twenty years ago as the baseline for all films. … Continue reading →

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Ted’s Top Music of 2011

Posted on December 20, 2011

Albums 1. Bon Iver, Bon Iver 2. Drake, Take Care 3. Tune-Yards, Whokill 4. Laura Marling, A Creature I Don’t Know 5. Tycho, Dive 6. Washed Out, Within and Without 7. Radiohead, King of Limbs 8. M83, Hurry Up We’re … Continue reading →

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Marx, Jung & Yoda: The Dialectics of The Force

Posted on December 20, 2011

Here’s a talk about Star Wars and myth that I gave last month  at the Academy of Religious Studies conference in San Francisco. Feedback is welcome – I’m in the process of turning this into the introduction to my book, … Continue reading →

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Renewal

Posted on November 2, 2011

A couple of weeks ago I attended a wonderful workshop put together by Depth Psychology Seminars, a group of Jungian therapists and artists. The weekend included both lectures and creative workshops – opportunities to move from theory to practice, in … Continue reading →

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Syllabus for Issues & Perspectives in Communication Theory, Fall 2011

Posted on September 6, 2011

Comm 6010, Fall 2011 Class: Tuesdays 4:30-7:00 PM, 1020 One Park Place South Office: 738 One Park Place South email: ted@tedfriedman.com website: http://www.tedfriedman.com Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/tedfriedman Course Description Communication is a wide-ranging field encompassing the study of speech, journalism, film, television, … Continue reading →

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Syllabus for American Film History II, Fall 2011

Posted on September 6, 2011

Film 4960/6960, Fall 2011 Class: Tuesdays & Thursdays 1:00-2:15, Classroom South 426 Screenings: Thursdays at 2:30, Arts & Humanities 406 Office: 738 One Park Place South email: ted@tedfriedman.com Twitter: http://twitter.com/tedfriedman website: http://www.tedfriedman.com Course Description How do movies reflect and influence … Continue reading →

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New Interview on the Diet Soap Philosophy Podcast

Posted on August 19, 2011

SF writer Douglas Lain interviewed me for his philosophy podcast, Diet Soap. We talk about myth, ideology and flying saucers: The essay of mine we talk about, “Myth, the Numinous and Cultural Studies,” is part of the book I’m working … Continue reading →

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Syllabus for PostMarxisms, Summer 2011

Posted on April 29, 2011

COMM 6160/8980, Summer 2011 Tuesdays & Thursdays, 4:45-7:30 1020 One Park Place Course Description Is Marxism dead? If so, what other forms of critique and imagination can help us think beyond the injustices and unsustainability of global capitalism? What can … Continue reading →

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Media and Popular Culture Take-Home Final Exam

Posted on April 6, 2011

Media and Popular Culture, Spring 2011 Take-Home Final Exam Instructions Answer any 5 of the 10 questions below. Each answer should be at least one complete page long. The exam should be typed, double-spaced, in Times New Roman 12-point. The … Continue reading →

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What I’ve Been Up to the Last Five Years

Posted on March 7, 2011

I recently had to write up what I’ve been working on over the last five years for my “post-tenure dossier,” so I thought I’d excerpt that here to explain how I got from Electric Dreams: Computers and American Culture to … Continue reading →

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Summer Graduate Seminar: Post-Marxisms

Posted on February 27, 2011

This summer I’ll be teaching a graduate seminar, “Post-Marxisms.” Here’s an overview: Is Marxism dead? If so, what other forms of critique and imagination can help us think beyond the injustices and unsustainability of global capitalism? What can we learn … Continue reading →

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Grammy Night Reflections on Projection

Posted on February 14, 2011

From tweets the night of February 13, 2011. In Jungian terms, technological determinism is projection: giving power to machines that really belongs to ourselves. Projection is necessary & valuable – it’s what Robert Johnson calls “carrying your gold” when you’re … Continue reading →

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Grammy Night Tweets (reverse-chronological order)

Posted on February 14, 2011

14 Feb tedfriedman Fun reliving the #Grammys via west coasters’ tape-delayed tweets. Ah, we were so young & naive back then, 3 hours ago. #IMR 14 Feb tvoti Todd VanDerWerff If I was Cee-Lo Green, I think I’d have trouble … Continue reading →

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Goin’ Down the Road Feeling Bad [Updated]

Posted on February 13, 2011

Tweets the night of December 25, 2010. Yesterday as we got in the car to drive to the NC mountains, a hawk flew directly over us. Synchronicity – but were we predators or prey? We made such slow time (because … Continue reading →

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Power Is Fractal

Posted on February 13, 2011

Close reading works because power is fractal. Zoom in: microstruggles of text. Zoom out: macrostruggles of world. 100% resolution = the struggle being played out in your bodymind.

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History in RealTime: @tedfriedman on 2/11/11 (in chronological order)

Posted on February 12, 2011

    SalmaCNN Salma Abdelaziz In an incredibly tense moment Egyptians use their famous humor to lighten the mood and find out #ReasonsMubarakIsLate #jan25 hyperlocavore Liz McLellan RT @mmflint: RT @Johnfygelsang If somebody can find a shirtless pic of Mubarak … Continue reading →

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Electric Dreams Now Out on Kindle and epub

Posted on February 12, 2011

My first book, Electric Dreams: Computers in American Culture (NYU Press, 2005) is now available on Kindle and in the epub format. You can also use this page to find a library near you with a copy. For a taste … Continue reading →

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