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As the year draws to a close you usually find yourself looking back (either fondly or regretfully) on the year that just went past. Earlier this week, as I thought back on the last twelve months and all my trials and tribulations, there was one song that came to mind and I’ve had it stuck in my head ever since. As it’s been a while since I’ve treated you to a Sunday Soundtrack, I thought it would…
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-- Herman Melville, Moby-Dick; or, The Whale
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Seinfeld's Self-reflexivity: "Can we continue this another time?"
Seinfeld’s Self-reflexivity: “Can we continue this another time?”
I love depressing, melancholic stories. But there are days I have to admit that I am only human, that I need to watch a sitcom and laugh for 25-30 minutes. So, I turn to a classic favorite–Seinfeld, the show about absolutely “nothing”. Even when I am indulging in pure entertainment, I still have a look out for something worth reflecting on. That’s one English major problem to you: your mind won’t…
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people seem more comfortable operating within a restrictive and unrealistic ‘false clarity’ than acting freely within uncertainty.
Emily Abbey,
'The Blind Leading the Seeing: A Path to Self Reflexivity'
Postmodernism celebrates the "loss of the real." In this scene, Will Smith's character breaks the fourth wall; he makes the audience aware that he is playing a character on a television show. This playful moment simultaneously highlights the fact that television is both "not real" and "hyperreal" -- the set looks like a home, these character behave in a way that seems authentic, etc. Hurrah for playing with (t)ruth(s)!
--Heather M.
It's not that I think my sense of humour is wrong, I'm just aware its timing is out of alignment with everyone else's
Moyra Davey, Yma, 1999
"H" and the self-reflexive complexity of Google
Having recently received a high court apology from US entertainment site E! Online after it used his image in a story on the disgraced Lostprophets singer (who shares the same name), Steps singer Ian H Watkins found his picture once again mistakenly appearing on Google news searches instead of the sex offender.
According to the Guardian article a spokesperson for Google UK confirmed that has been a problem with "H"'s pictures being mistaken for the Lost Prophets singer in a few "specific searches".
The spokesperson for Google UK goes on:
"For some specific searches Ian H Watkins' picture is appearing in our results because he is relevant to the story having received a court apology. We are looking into the issue he raises."
So according to the logic of the Google search algorithms, the court apology by E! for mistaking his picture for the sex offender actually strengthened the connection between the two and thereby directly resulted in Google's mistake.
What this shows is both the amazing self-reflexive complexity of Google (and more generally the networked culture), as well as its inherent weaknesses and stupidity.
http://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/dec/20/ian-h-watkins-steps-angry-google-photographs
