WHY DO CHINESE YOUNG PEOPLE CALL THEMSELVES “LOSERS”?
Abstract In recent years, Chinese young people tend to use a popular Internet word diaosi to mock themselves as “underprivileged losers” who fail in their…
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Letter from the Editor
This has truly been a banner year for gnovis. The Fall issue was the first in the publication’s history to be printed., a major milestone…
Building Nature in Detroit: Ruin Aesthetics, Historical Gaps, and the Urban Agricultural Imagination
Abstract Urban Agriculture is increasingly forwarded as a tool for social and ecological renewal in the post-industrial city. However, much of the enthusiasm (and increasingly,…
Robotics After Recess: A Call for Enhanced Human-Robot Interaction Focus in Education
Abstract The trend toward robotics and automation are not only becoming ubiquitous across many sectors, but they are also advancing at more significant rates than…
Digitizing Refugees: The Effect of Technology on Forced Displacement
Abstract This paper examines broadly the role of technology in the lives of refugees and its influence on the trajectory of forced displacement today, a…
Robotic Emulation
Abstract Science fiction has presented us with a picture of robots that have the potential to mimic humans to the point of being indistinguishable from…
Online Dating: Does Your Smartphone Affect Your Love Life?
Abstract How and why people use different media on the Internet has been a primary interest in computer mediated communication since the inception of the…
A Note from the Editor
Since its founding in 2007, gnovis has served as peer-reviewed journal of communication, culture, and technology at Georgetown University. gnovis publishes a scholarly journal and…
Karl Ove Knausgaard’s My Struggle: The Documented Life in an Era of Personal Narrative
Abstract: Social media creates a multitude of fascinating new pathways for individuals to share their lives, down to the smallest detail. This paper examines how…
A Critical Cultural Analysis: The Portrayal of Egyptian Women in the Los Angeles Times
Abstract: The following study is a critical cultural analysis of the portrayal of Egyptian women by the Los Angeles Times. By analyzing recent news stories,…