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Category: 11.05

Remembering Latina/o Television
Esteban del Río / University of San Diego

January 11, 2010 Esteban del Río / University of San Diego 2 comments

A discussion of a few ways in which Latina/os have reclaimed and repositioned Latina/o representations on popular U.S. American television.

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The Tedious Fun of Cosmopolitan Shopping: Man Shops Globe
Jiwon Ahn / Keene State College

January 10, 2010 Jiwon Ahn / Keene State College 3 comments

Shopping for Anthropologie on The Sundance Channel’s global buying series Man Shops World

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Privacy, Openness, and a New Persona: Why David Letterman’s Interoffice Escapades Took This Longtime Fan by Surprise
Kelli Marshall / University of Toledo

January 10, 2010 Kelli Marshall / DePaul University 16 comments

A meditation on the changing persona of David Letterman and the ramifications of his recent scandal

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FlashForward or FlashBack: Television Distribution in 2010?
Tama Leaver / Curtin University of Technology

January 9, 2010 Tama Leaver / Curtin University of Technology 6 comments

Tama Leaver discusses “digital distance” and its ironies and frustrations through an examination of the availability of the U.S. series FlashForward for TV viewers in Australia.

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Does “Deep Packet Inspection” Turn You On?
Becky Lentz / McGill University

January 9, 2010 Becky Lentz / McGill University 2 comments

A humorous look at the pervasiveness of misleading and deceptive telecommunication policy discourse, and the need to democratize these naming practices.

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Television and the Yuletide Cult
Ernest Mathijs / The University of British Columbia

January 8, 2010 Ernest Mathijs / The University of British Columbia 6 comments

Ernest Mathijs investigates the relationship between TV, Movies and the ‘cult’ of Christmas

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Re-thinking Indian Arranged Marriage and Matchmaking on American Television

January 8, 2010 Shilpa Davé / University of Virginia 3 comments

Shilpa Davé / Brandeis University

A consideration of television representations of arranged marriage and “match-making.”

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Over*Flow: “Effort is Overrated: The Dissonance of AI Integrations with the 2024 Olympics”
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30 Jan

New Over*Flow! Kathryn Hartzell examines AI Olympic Ads from Summer '24, identifying a dissonance in the ads' narratives that highlight tensions around AI's relationship to creativity, concerns over increased precarity in media industries & more. Read at http://tinyurl.com/mr2rzzeh

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28 Dec

Michael Z. Newman explores the convergence of TV & TikTok, arguing that the platform embodies television’s fragmentary logic & attention-driven economy, transforming late night shows like After Midnight into viral, internet-native content.

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26 Dec

Andrew Stubbs-Lacy's column examines Alfonso Cuarón’s Disclaimer on AppleTV+, exploring how its production and promotion as a “cinematic” auteur-driven series reflect broader industry strategies. Read it here: http://tinyurl.com/yc6cckya

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23 Dec

Roderik Smits explores how AI is shaping the landscape of film programming and distribution.

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