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film	film
*three nuggets from a trash heap of hyperreality>>	>>...more than real -- they are deliberate attempts to overload the neural centers they target, much as any addict will deliberately overload himself or herself to the point of overdose
by michael hansen
music	music
*i still haven't found what i'm listening for>>	>>...I amble through the student lounge and up to a table where a couple of my friends are sitting. Pulling my earphones out of my ears,
by robert delamar
television	television
*where do they find time to frolic?>>	>>...My peers on Dawson's Creek wander through life on the east coast like models in a J. Crew ad and I wonder- Where do they find time to frolic?
by gary baum
*black boys: casualties of our generation?>>	>>...Truth is, there has been an ongoing war against black boys in the American media and in America’s inner city neighborhoods
by brett tyler bonner
*slaying the hydra: a critical look at t.v. culture>>	>>...Heeding the wake-up call, network and studio executives alike began to have second thoughts about the portrayal of violence on television and movie screens and the irreparable harm it might cause
by jan christian sorensen
on-line	on-line
*the software developer's challenge>>	>>...Add a healthy slug of marketing hype and a pinch of Internet mystique to the final mix, and the alchemist becomes a millionaire
by stephen wacker