A Critical Forum on Media and Culture
Living Life in TiVo Time
by: Robert Schrag / North Carolina State University
Robert Schrag examines how the proliferation of highly individualized and instantly gratifying technology like TiVo leads to the fracturing of various realities and interpersonal time and space.
Cybernetic TV
by: Mark Andrejevic / University of Iowa
An exploration of the ways in which “interactive” television “adjusts on the fly” to meet the needs of programmers and viewers.
Krebs, Recycled
by: Daniel Marcus / Goucher College
Remembering Bob Denver as Maynard G. Krebs, a rebellious figure in early television. He was a beatnik icon for suburban youths who dreamed of upsetting accepted morals and conventions.
Exchanges of Value
by: Jason Mittell / Middlebury College
In today’s digital media environment, what’s an episode of Veronica Mars really worth?
Feeling Blue: Katrina, The South, and The Nation
by: Tara McPherson / University of Southern California
A consideration of regional politics in Katrina coverage.
Marriage as the New Trend
by: Moya Luckett / New York University
Marriage and motherhood seem to be both desirable and scarce for women in today’s current television programs. Examples are found in such shows as Desperate Housewives, My Fair Brady, Breaking Bonaduce and others.
Reconsidering the Technological Limitations and Potential of Large Format
by: Mary L. Nucci / Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey
An examination of the state of IMAX film and how digital remastering of Hollywood films may affect the format.
