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Hide self: one tip on video conferencing good enough for Matthew McConaughey

  • Written by Katja Lee, Lecturer, Communication and Media Studies, University of Western Australia
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If you need confirmation of how much the world has changed, consider this. Finally I have a thing or two to teach Matthew McConaughey about performance.

McConaughey may have acted in more than 50 movies. He may have, among his accolades, two Golden Globes and an Oscar for best actor. He may be a professor of practice in television...

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