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  • Understanding meaningfulness in videogames 
    Weise, Matthew Jason (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2008)
    This thesis explores "meaningfulness" in videogames. Academics, journalists, and others who write about games often discuss the concept of meaning yet seldom define it clearly. I am focusing on a variation of this topic: ...
  • Unschooling media : participatory practices among progressive homeschoolers 
    Bertozzi, Vanessa (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2006)
    Introduction: Rehoboth, the name of my hometown in southern Massachusetts, comes from the Hebrew work for "crossroads." Indeed there's not much in this rural town besides Route 44 and Route 118, with smatterings of horse ...
  • We are like this only : Desis and Hindi films in the Diaspora 
    Punathambekar, Aswin, 1977- (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2003)
    Set in Boston, U.S.A, the overarching goal of this thesis is to develop a theoretical framework and a set of analytical tools that might help us understand how Hindi films are watched in the Indian- American diaspora and ...
  • Web of words : poetry, fandom and globality 
    Gopalakrishnan, Amulya (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2006)
    This study explores questions of media change, negotiation of literary value and postcolonial hybridity through a study of The Wondering Minstrels, a largely South-Asian community on the Web dedicated to the celebration ...
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