Here are two articles on the future of criticism, post-’the web has democratised everything’. The first, from the Guardian, wonders about the role of professional critics when, yes, ‘everyone’s a critic’. The second by Morgan Meis in the Smart Set (which is better and more interesting), instead focuses on the possibility for criticism when objective [...]
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Wax Scrawls: The Future of Criticism and LOLcats goes Avant-Garde
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I Bought This On Myself: Fanbois and the Economics of Branding Identity
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With the internets aflutter these days with E3 and the launch of the iPhone 3G, it has been difficult to escape the idea of fanboyism. Definitions of a fanboi (the ‘i’ being a rather lame attempt at gender neutrality) vary somewhat, but the general consensus seems to be that the term denotes someone with a [...]
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