A Critical Forum on Media and Culture
Amazon Prime has officially entered into the world of fashion reality TV with new show, Making the Cut. Danielle Williams analyzes the implications of Amazon utilizing livestream shopping as a tool to expand its platform.
Read moreIn his final installment on television syndication, Taylor Cole Miller examines how particular first-run syndicated programs offered and embraced queerness.
Read moreKit Hughes writes about the necessity of solidarity in academia along with other workplaces in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Read moreJennifer Hessler discusses the place of Nielsen and comScore’s ratings panels in the digital age.
Read moreRyan Stoldt argues interactive television provides a new way for television industries to gather and commoditize audience data.
Read moreLaurel Westrup examines several contemporary popular music videos to understand how sound design deepens audience engagement with the video’s diegetic world beyond the basic narrative of the song’s lyrics.
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