5.03 – Flow

Studio 60 and the Limits of Self-Critique

November 3, 2006 Tim Gibson / George Mason University 6 comments

by: Tim Gibson / George Mason University
Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip promises a “behind the screens” look into the television industry. Here viewers sit ringside in the battle between art and commerce, as a team of actors, writers, and producers work frantically to broadcast ninety minutes of Saturday-Night-Live-style sketch comedy each week.

Intervention and the Kodak Moment

November 3, 2006 Eric Freedman / Florida Atlantic University One comment

by: Eric Freedman / Florida Atlantic University
Photographic objecthood, migratory patterns and the familial gaze in A&E’s Intervention

Muslim-Mania and the Liberal Impulse on British TV

November 3, 2006 Sarita Malik / Brunel University 5 comments

by: Sarita Malik / Brunel University
British factual television is widely considered to be the best in the world, yet the coverage of stories foregrounding Muslims has been both sensationalist and simplistic.