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Author: Allison McCracken / DePaul University

“C’mon Get Happy!” Partridge Family Values

July 22, 2005 Allison McCracken / DePaul University 3 comments

by: Allison McCracken / DePaul University
Why the Partridges are better than the Bradys.

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Evaluating TV Smarts in the Public Sphere

May 13, 2005 Allison McCracken / DePaul University 7 comments

by: Allison McCracken / DePaul University
Steven Johnson (Everything Bad is Good for You) writes that television can be a “cognitive workout.” Whose television is he talking about?

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Boy Soaps: Liberalism Without Women

March 18, 2005 Allison McCracken / DePaul University 31 comments

by: Allison McCracken / DePaul University
What’s old is new again on television, as prime-time boy soap operas like Everwood, Jack and Bobby, Life As We Know It, Summerland, The Mountain, One Tree Hill, Smallville and The OC have come to replace girl-centered teen dramas like My So-Called Life, Popular, and Buffy.

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Domestic Reality TV

January 21, 2005 Allison McCracken / DePaul University 4 comments

by: Allison McCracken / DePaul University
I have finally found a reality program that I can watch without cringing with embarrassment for the participants and/or becoming enraged at the producers. Not surprisingly, it’s trailing in the ratings and on the brink of cancellation.

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“Lost”

November 19, 2004 Allison McCracken / DePaul University 11 comments

by: Allison McCracken / DePaul University
With a fall season marked by the popularity of programs entitled Without a Trace and Lost, the importance of loss as a televisual theme seems rather obvious.

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31 May

It was an absolute pleasure to helm @FlowTV with @ashdharcourt this year! The biggest of thanks to our contributors, staff, and supporters! https://twitter.com/FlowTV/status/1531636621275058176

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That’s a wrap on Volume 28. Shout out to our wonderful contributors and staff this past year. Also, be on the lookout out for our grad student issue that goes live in August!

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30 May

Nicole Erin Morse examines how The Matrix (1999) interrupts and deconstructs the male gaze. @cinefeminism

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