https://sguzman.github.io/marginalia/categories/media-studies/Recent content in Media Studies on MarginaliaHugoen-usMon, 04 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://sguzman.github.io/marginalia/posts/liberal-gothic-an-analytical-report/Mon, 13 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://sguzman.github.io/marginalia/posts/liberal-gothic-an-analytical-report/Executive Summary. “Liberal gothic” is a proposed narrative mode marked by educated, often progressive protagonists who foreground personal trauma and existential malaise in hushed, introspective settings. Unlike classical Gothic…https://sguzman.github.io/marginalia/posts/liberal-gothic-quick-facts/Mon, 13 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://sguzman.github.io/marginalia/posts/liberal-gothic-quick-facts/<ul> <li>Modern Anglophone media increasingly foreground personal pain and suffering (“liberal gothic”), often packaging trauma as consumable content. Critics argue this reflects a commodification of trauma: an industry incentives structure whe…</li> </ul>https://sguzman.github.io/marginalia/posts/distinguishing-borderer-right-coded-vs-left-awkward-authentic-internet-memes-a-research-framewo/Wed, 04 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://sguzman.github.io/marginalia/posts/distinguishing-borderer-right-coded-vs-left-awkward-authentic-internet-memes-a-research-framewo/Distinguishing “BordererRight‑coded” vs “LeftAwkward‑Authentic” Internet Memes A Research Framewohttps://sguzman.github.io/marginalia/posts/fake-populism-and-neil-young/Wed, 04 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://sguzman.github.io/marginalia/posts/fake-populism-and-neil-young/Neil Young’s career has long been framed around a “common man” authenticity – as a solitary troubadour recording rough-and-ready folk-rock while championing farmers, the working poor and environmental causes. Yet this cultivated persona co…https://sguzman.github.io/marginalia/posts/grrm-deconstructed/Wed, 04 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://sguzman.github.io/marginalia/posts/grrm-deconstructed/George R.R. Martin’s Westeros and J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle‑earth both feel vivid, but their “natural worlds” are realized very differently. Martin builds dynamic human conflict on a mostly static backdrop, whereas Tolkien weaves m…https://sguzman.github.io/marginalia/posts/meme-culture-and-borderer-right-style-a-research-report/Wed, 04 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://sguzman.github.io/marginalia/posts/meme-culture-and-borderer-right-style-a-research-report/Executive Summary: Internet meme culture is characterized by irreverence, mockery, and transgressive humor – traits that closely align with what we define as a “borderer-right” style (anti‐elite, honor/taunt culture, low deference, per…https://sguzman.github.io/marginalia/posts/hasan/Thu, 12 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://sguzman.github.io/marginalia/posts/hasan/A mixed-method profile of Hasan &ldquo;HasanAbi&rdquo; Piker: career arc, popularity mechanics, audience formation, controversy/moderation dynamics, and forward-looking platform risk.https://sguzman.github.io/marginalia/posts/obj-vs-sub/Thu, 12 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://sguzman.github.io/marginalia/posts/obj-vs-sub/A long-form report mapping the philosophical and practical tensions between objectivity and subjectivity—historically and across disciplines (science, social science, journalism, law, aesthetics, and AI)—with an emphasis on intersubjective procedures as the real engine of reliable knowledge.