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Category: 13.14 – Special Issue: Flow Favorites 2011

Flow Favorites: Modern Family, Glee, and the Limits of Television Liberalism
Alexander Doty / Indiana University

May 19, 2011 Alexander Doty / Indiana University 13 comments

Jessalynn Keller’s Flow Favorite: Alexander Doty’s column on the 2010 Emmy broadcast reveals the tensions of a liberal politics of representation in the shows Glee and Modern Family.

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Flow Favorites: The Myth of Classlessness in Apple’s “Get a Mac” Campaign
Randall Livingstone / University of Oregon

May 19, 2011 Randall Livingstone / University of Oregon 7 comments

Alfred Martin’s Flow Favorite: Randall Livingstone challenges the myth behind the “Get a Mac” ads.

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Flow Favorites: Avatar as Technological Tentpole
Charles R. Acland / Concordia University

May 19, 2011 Charles R. Acland / Concordia University 9 comments

Courtney Brannon Donoghue’s Flow Favorite: Charles Acland wonders whether James Cameron’s Avatar is a “game-changer,” or business as usual?

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Flow Favorites: “We Think INSIDE the Box”: CD Box Sets in the Download Era
Kyle Barnett / Bellarmine University

May 19, 2011 Kyle Barnett / Bellarmine University 4 comments

Paul Gansky’s Flow Favorite: A look at how the DVD industry’s use of packaging mirrors and contrasts that of deluxe vinyl and CD sets.

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Flow Favorites: Problems in “Wellywood”: Rethinking the politics of transnational cultural labor
Bridget Conor / Goldsmiths College, University of London

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William Moner’s Flow Favorite: Bridget Conor examines the politics of transnational cultural labor in last fall’s Hobbit dispute.

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Flow Favorites: Bromance and the Boys of Boston Legal
Kelli Marshall / University of Toledo

May 19, 2011 Kelli Marshall / DePaul University 4 comments

Colin Tait’s Flow Favorite: Marshall explores the homosocial “bromance” of Alan Shore and Denny Crane in “Boston Legal” leading up to the series’ climax.

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Flow Favorites: Wikileaks’ Lessons For Media Theory and Politics
Jayson Harsin / The American University of Paris

May 19, 2011 Jayson Harsin / American University of Paris 9 comments

Caroline Leader’s Flow Favorite: Jayson Harsin’s exploration of WikiLeaks provides a wide shot of the famed web scandal within a larger political, global and ideological landscape. By presenting five theses, his article creates endless potential for further research.

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"Blonde is a Kind of Person": A Cultural History of the Dumb Blonde
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New in Over*Flow: @kellymcoyne examines cultural anxiety and ambivalence around the "dumb blonde" stereotype in "Blonde is a Kind of Person": A Cultural History of the Dumb Blonde. Check it out! https://www.flowjournal.org/2023/03/cultural-history-dumb-blonde/

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Monday, Flow day!! Volume 29.05 is now live on the website. ! Head on over to http://flowjournal.org to read the first installment of work by @bimmbles , @trilliz, @kingisafink, @influencerlabor, and @westemilye!

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New in Over*Flow: @rouselaurenc and @melstanfill present the results of a survey of users of popular fan fiction hosting site http://archiveofourown.org, providing updated statistics on fan fiction readers and writers. https://www.flowjournal.org/2023/02/fan-demographics-on-ao3/

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