Chair: Lindsey M. Hanlon “Beyond Positive Representation: The Imperial Logics of Uncharted: The Lost Legacy and Horizon Zero Dawn” by Rachel Lara van der Merwe “The Afterlife of a Legend: Michael Jackson’s Legacy” by Angelica Kalika “Thalaikoothal vs. Member Berries: Story-Telling Senicide in Contemporary Western Media” by Joseph Acosta “‘The Noise and the TV’: Media Saturation in Transmetropolitan” by Lindsey M. Hanlon