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Are Twitter Trends the New Barbershop?

Are Twitter Trends the New Barbershop?

Posted 17 May 2010 | By Tanner | Categories: Culture | 2 Comments

Recently, a friend of mine joined Twitter and the first direct message he sent me was a simple question: “Why are all the people posting on Twitter trends black?”

It was an intentionally exaggerated but honest and innocent question and one I had been thinking about a lot lately. In the past few months, I had unscientifically [...]

Games, Learning, and Society 5.0 Talk: Analyzing Race in Games

Posted 18 June 2009 | By Tanner | Categories: Theory | 1 Comment

Last week I attended the Games, Learning, and Society conference.  I also presented a talk there on a panel entitled “Representations of Self and Other in Games” which was a pleasure because it was one of the few explicitly political panels at the conference. Given the educational focus of the conference and the large attendance [...]

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