Television’s Docile Subservience to the Law
by: Hector Amaya / Southwestern University
The abundance of legal and law enforcement programming begs some exploration.
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Neoliberal Parenting and Television
by: Hector Amaya / Southwestern University
The media has succeeded at channeling advertisers’ messages and at creating a world where labor is decentered, consumption is centered, and good
parenting is done with a credit card.
Hutto’s Children: Maddening Structures of Absence
by: Hector Amaya / Southwestern University
YouTube allows unseen detained children the chance to be witnessed, but is anyone watching?
Queering Justin
by: Hector Amaya / Southwestern University
How does the Justin character on Ugly Betty factor into and complicate debates about queer representations on television?
Film is the New Low, Television the New High: Some Ideas About Time and Narrative Conservatisms
by: Hector Amaya / Southwestern University
Are television viewers more receptive to aesthetic and narrative sophistication than film viewers?
Segregados: Why it is OK to Ignore Spanish-Speaking Television
by: Hector Amaya / Southwestern University
The segregation of Spanish-speaking entertainment from the rest of mainstream television serves not only as a barrier to Latino integration into American society, but also reinforces the idea that there is something logical and reasonable about segregating Spanish from our English-speaking lives.