Author Archives: LCooke

About LCooke

Laquana Cooke is a PhD student of Communication and Media at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Her academic and digital media production work involves the social, political, cultural, and didactic ramifications of youth media and culture. While education technology and literacy is a primary focus of her work, she is currently researching how informal gaming practices are appropriated for learning environments.

A Severed Prosthetic Memory by NBA 2K14

The discourse of representation, stereotypes, and racism surrounding video games is fraught, and quite frankly not at all progressive. During “black history month,” I took notice to the number of my Facebook feeds that posted the obligatory Black History Month topics, … Continue reading

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