https://sguzman.github.io/marginalia/tags/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…