how cartoons changed my life
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Reminiscing on the girl power showcased in “Totally Spies!”
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On Nov. 3, 2001, the very first episode of Totally Spies! Aired on ABC Family Channel out of the United States. The world of children’s television programming as we know it would never be the same. For Canada, the creation of Totally Spies! was a particularly notable accomplishment. The show was produced by Marathon Media…
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Paul Heyer receives the Walter J. Ong Award from the Media Ecology Association
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Paul Heyer, a long-running educator and researcher at Wilfrid Laurier University, has been selected as the 2017 recipient of the Media Ecology Association’s (MEA) Walter J. Ong Award for Career Achievement in Scholarship. The award was presented to Heyer at the 18th annual convention of the MEA, held from June 22 to 25 in San…
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Embracing a cartoonish perspective
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“D’oh!” was added to the Oxford Dictionary of English in 1998. It’s an exclamation of frustration that is universally associated with The Simpsons and recognized as the catchphrase of loveable dimwit Homer Simpson. It’s a definitive example of the impact that cartoons have had on pop culture history. As a little kid, along with my…
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