dead media zine
COM 250 Communication and Technology Spring 2024
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original content by
TobiAdeniji
DaliaAkkila
YazminAlcaraz
JadaAllen
AnnaKateArmstrong
GraceArz
Mary-KateAyers
MasonBaker
KatieBarrows
RichieBasile
OliverBoldt
KayleeBoyer
AidanBradley
GeorgiaBrumfield
CaydenBryner
LukeBullock
AnthonyCarter
MatthewCash
MadisonChalmers
Sophie Chmiel
James Clayton
IsaiahCrowell
AlexandraCunningham
AselyaDotson
JennaDoubleday
CaseyEmbler
BishopFitzgerald
ClaudiaGabello
AllisonGilbert
CarsynGilmore
ReganGlass
WesleyGrimes
TrentHancock
ReemHasan
AidenHayes
MollyHungate
GraysonJohnson
MollyJones
HenryJordan
MargauxKessler
OliviaLeeson
JosephMartin
JuliaMartin
GraceMcBryde
QuintinMcCarty
SamanthaMcCune
TristanMcNish
CharlesMillard
GabbyMorris
AllisonMoxley
RyanNelson
AllieNorton
ChrisOttaviano
CooperOwen
TaePark
MackenziePearson
VictoriaPepper
IsabellaPerkins
GabiPirozzi
SamPress
BriannaRode
TamerSader
EymanSakr
RileyShaak
WillThompson
HayleeThompson
ElizabethTruong
NickTucci
CourtneyTyndall
BridgetWalker
KaylaWalsh
EmmaWatts
JohnnyWehner
ColeWeinhardt
AbbyWeinstock
MorganWeintraub
SaraWilliams
ZacharyWilson
CurtWrenn
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.
