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Bottlenecks and Flows: Media Scholars Consuming Electronic and Televisual Media
Julia Lesage / University of Oregon

December 3, 2010 Julia Lesage / University of Oregon 3 comments

A call to media scholars to begin open and productive conversation about how media are consumed, streamlined, archived, and pedagogically utilized.

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Dan Patrick’s Backstage Musical: Watching Production in the Age of Media Convergence
Harper Cossar / Georgia Gwinnett College

December 3, 2010 Harper Cossar / Georgia Gwinnett College One comment

An examination of the way media convergence is shaping contemporary sports television.

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Fairly Normal Activity: Horror and the Static Camera
Janani Subramanian/ University of Southern California

December 3, 2010 Janani Subramanian / University of Southern California One comment

When “nothing is happening” in Paranormal Activity 1 and 2, the empty room scenes as captured by static cameras in the Paranormal Activity franchise become suspenseful moments of audience reflexivity.

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A ‘Whoniverse’ of Runaway Brides
Hannah Hamad / Massey University

December 3, 2010 Hannah Hamad / Massey University 2 comments

Hamad examines the “runaway bride” trope and its dialectical relationship to femininity as depicted in the UK telefantasy series “Doctor Who.”

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“Asian Enough”: Race, Nation and Misrepresentation
Konrad Ng / University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa

December 3, 2010 Konrad Ng / University of Hawai'i at Mānoa 3 comments

An exploration of Asian American and Canadian representations in popular discourse and Justin Lin’s Better Luck Tomorrow.

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Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle: Glee and Pastiche
Robert Sickels / Whitman College

December 3, 2010 Robert C. Sickels / Whitman College 2 comments

The once-breathlessly pleasurable practice of inserting sly intertextual references may be reaching the point of oversaturation as evidenced by the current season of Fox’s Glee.

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The Anti-Social Network
Tama Leaver / Curtin University

December 3, 2010 Tama Leaver / Curtin University of Technology 11 comments

Dr. Tama Leaver investigates how David Fincher’s The Social Network reflects the nature and sociability of social network users as well as the communication tool’s complex creators.

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Sarah E.S. Sinwell details how one art house cinema continues to adapt to the pandemic while serving its local community. @sinwelleffect

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Maggie Hennefeld discusses efforts to curate 99 silent films spotlighting early film feminism, and discusses the challenges of navigating the early feminist film archive. @magshenny

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Helen Wheatley discusses the recent proliferation of afterlife-themed television shows and how creators navigate multiple conceptions of "post-death experience." @hmwheatley

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