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The left can meme 左派可以模因

Explorations in Media Ecology Pub Date : 2023-06-01 DOI: 10.1386/eme_00163_7

Dustin A. Greenwalt, J. A. McVey

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The I Ching as a medium: An adjectival glossary 以《易经》为媒介:形容词词汇表

Explorations in Media Ecology Pub Date : 2023-06-01 DOI: 10.1386/eme_00165_7

Peter Zhang

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The labyrinth: A Platonic dialogue on what’s next, featuring ChatGPT as Phaedrus 迷宫:关于下一步的柏拉图式对话，由ChatGPT扮演费德鲁斯

Explorations in Media Ecology Pub Date : 2023-06-01 DOI: 10.1386/eme_00164_7

Isaac James Richards

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Car as extension of whiteness: Not everyone’s skin is extended equal 白色的延伸:不是每个人的皮肤都是平等的

Explorations in Media Ecology Pub Date : 2023-06-01 DOI: 10.1386/eme_00158_1

Bernadette “bird” Bowen

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New Media and the Artaud Effect, Jay Murphy (2021) 《新媒体与亚陶效应》，杰伊·墨菲(2021)

Explorations in Media Ecology Pub Date : 2023-06-01 DOI: 10.1386/eme_00167_5

Konstantinos Kerasovitis

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Infrastructural media and discrimination: McLuhan’s method as an ethic of understanding 基础结构媒体与歧视：作为理解伦理的麦克卢汉方法

Explorations in Media Ecology Pub Date : 2023-06-01 DOI: 10.1386/eme_00159_1

J. Dowd

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From ‘Spec’ (for Martin MacInness) 来自“规范”（适用于Martin MacInness）

Explorations in Media Ecology Pub Date : 2023-06-01 DOI: 10.1386/eme_00162_7

Cal Wenby

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The Media Environment of Political Thought: Rousseau, Marx, and the Politics of Selfies, Asaf Y. Shamis (2017) 《政治思想的媒介环境:卢梭、马克思与自拍政治》，阿萨夫·y·沙米斯著(2017)

Explorations in Media Ecology Pub Date : 2023-06-01 DOI: 10.1386/eme_00166_5

P. Fallon

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A media ecological approach to the history of music notation: The neume, staff and mensural rhythm 记谱历史的媒介生态学方法：尼姆、五线谱和经声节奏

Explorations in Media Ecology Pub Date : 2023-06-01 DOI: 10.1386/eme_00160_1

Barry Liss

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Sports have changed, you can bet on it: The rise of the non-aesthetic in sports 体育运动已经改变了，你可以打赌：体育运动中非审美的兴起

Explorations in Media Ecology Pub Date : 2023-06-01 DOI: 10.1386/eme_00161_1

C. Hillman

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