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New Media Homework

Jamie Cohen

A newsletter about pieces of the internet interesting enough to bring into college classrooms by an internet studies professor who really really wants the world to learn about memes and internet culture.

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    Digital culture expert. Author of "Critical Internet Literacies: Reconsidering Creativity, Content, and Safety Online." Assoc prof of media studies at CUNY Queens College. PhD in Media and Cultural Studies. Faculty fellow: Salzburg Media Academy

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