Dead Media Zine NC State COM 250 Spring 2024

dead media zine

COM 250 Communication and Technology Spring 2024

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Tobi Adeniji Dalia Akkila Yazmin Alcaraz Jada Allen Anna Kate Armstrong Grace Arz Mary-Kate Ayers Mason Baker Katie Barrows Richie Basile Oliver Boldt Kaylee Boyer Aidan Bradley Georgia Brumfield Cayden Bryner Luke Bullock Anthony Carter Matthew Cash Madison Chalmers Sophie Chmiel James Clayton Isaiah Crowell Alexandra Cunningham Aselya Dotson Jenna Doubleday Casey Embler Bishop Fitzgerald Claudia Gabello Allison Gilbert Carsyn Gilmore Regan Glass Wesley Grimes Trent Hancock Reem Hasan Aiden Hayes Molly Hungate Grayson Johnson Molly Jones Henry Jordan

Margaux Kessler Olivia Leeson Joseph Martin Julia Martin Grace McBryde Quintin McCarty Samantha McCune Tristan McNish Charles Millard Gabby Morris Allison Moxley Ryan Nelson Allie Norton Chris Ottaviano Cooper Owen Tae Park Mackenzie Pearson Victoria Pepper Isabella Perkins Gabi Pirozzi Sam Press Brianna Rode Tamer Sader Eyman Sakr Riley Shaak Will Thompson Haylee Thompson Elizabeth Truong Nick Tucci Courtney Tyndall Bridget Walker Kayla Walsh Emma Watts Johnny Wehner Cole Weinhardt Abby Weinstock Morgan Weintraub Sara Williams Zachary Wilson Curt Wrenn

WHO, WHAT, WHERE, &ZINE?

This spring, the students of Dr. Fernanda Duarte’s Communication Technology course worked to create Zines dedicated to ‘dead’ forms of media. A “zine” is a shortened version of the term fanzine, which is an informal type of publication that emerged as early as the 1930s among fans of science fiction. In their more commonly known form, zines are created with collages of texts and images and reproduced via photocopier in limited quantities. They are shared within a community, and profit is not the goal of the publication. Each page in this issue features a 'dead media' artifact-- We are calling 'dead media' a group of media artifacts that are no longer widely accessible, or in current use.

As we know, 'dead media' do not entirely disappear, they are remediated. This semester we have discussed that new technologies and new modes of communication draw, both technically and metaphorically, from older modes.

When choosing their medium, students were encouraged to opt for the unfamiliar and the strange, with each pair attempting to find a medium they suspected their classmates have never heard of.

This issue represents an exemplary ode to ‘dead media’ and the work of talented communication scholars at North Carolina State University.