A Critical Forum on Media and Culture
Katherine E. Morrissey explores the evolution of the romantic comedy and its audience since the 1980s in order to understand the contemporary “rebirth” of these films.
Read moreRyan Stoldt compares and contrasts interactive television film Black Mirror: Bandersnatch and video game Until Dawn to draw out how the formal elements of seemingly similar media can result in different types of audience engagement.
Read moreRather than policing the boundaries of what constitutes a visual album, Laurel Westrup examines what is quintessential to the music video form using The Lumineers’ “Gloria” as a key text.
Read moreWhile the industry frames cord-cutting as a “life hack,” Matthew Dewey considers the social consequences that cord-cutting has on a city’s cable franchise fee.
Read moreKit Hughes explores the influence and implications of midcentury NYSE-sponsored training films for everyday stock market investors.
Read moreAs “Hot Girl Summer” has officially come to a close, Danielle Williams traces the evolution of a catchphrase into a branding strategy for freshman rapper Megan Thee Stallion.
Read moreIn the first installment of a three-part series, Taylor Miller breaks down the intertwined economic and industrial practices of TV syndication.
Read moreJennifer Hessler discusses how Nielsen’s new machine learning systems are leading the drive to make linear TV addressable and what this means for the future of broadcasting.
Read moreJustin Rawlins examines how Joker paratexts shaped the discourse around actor Joaquin Phoenix’s performance and popular understandings of “Method” acting.
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