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‘Wanna be on top?’: America’s Next Top Model and evaluating presentational performance as televisual skill
James Bennett / London Metropolitan University

April 8, 2010 James Bennett / London Metropolitan University 4 comments

A comparison of the performance styles of American and Australian ‘Top Model’ hosts Tyra Banks and Johdi Meares.

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Watching for Botox
Julia Lesage / University of Oregon

April 8, 2010 Julia Lesage / University of Oregon 4 comments

The visibility of botox on Damages leads the author to reflect on how cosmetic surgery appears on television and in public life, and why.

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Marshall’s Children
Charles R. Acland / Concordia University

April 8, 2010 Charles R. Acland / Concordia University 3 comments

Re-situating Marshall McLuhan in media studies, in light of a new biography by Douglas Coupland.

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Postfeminist Primary Colors: Coding Femininities in Media Culture
Hannah Hamad / Massey University

April 8, 2010 Hannah Hamad / Massey University 9 comments

A discussion of the ways that femininities are conceptualized in postfeminism through color-coding.

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The D2D Release: Notes on a Burgeoning Market
Amanda Klein / East Carolina University

April 8, 2010 Amanda Klein / East Carolina University 10 comments

Direct-to-DVD (D2D) films are often ignored by academic discourse, yet the study of D2D films offers an important contribution to the fields of both reception and genre studies.

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Watching The Masters: Golf Becomes Exciting (In All the Wrong Ways)
Paul Achter / University of Richmond

April 8, 2010 Paul Achter / University of Richmond 12 comments

Paul Achter / University of Richmond
The anti-spectacle nature of the sport of golf is examined in light of two events, the 2010 Masters and the re-emergence of Tiger Woods after his much-publicized sex scandal.

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While you were out: The Canadian Media Have Disappeared
Dr. Zoë Druick / Simon Fraser University

April 8, 2010 Zoë Druick / Simon Fraser University One comment

The CRTC’s decision to allow private television networks in Canada to sell content to cable and satellite carriers may have broader policy implications.

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