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Author: Katherine E. Morrissey / San Francisco State University

Katherine Morrissey is an Assistant Professor in the School of Cinema at San Francisco State University. Katherine’s research focuses on representations of female desire across popular culture, storytelling across media, production networks for popular romance genres, participatory culture, digital production, and digital pedagogy. Katherine serves as Review Editor for the Transformative Works and Cultures journal and Co-Vice President for the International Association for the Study of Popular Romance. Katherine’s work has been published in Flow, the Journal for Popular Romance Studies and Transformative Works and Cultures. Katherine is currently working on a book project, tentatively titled, “Redefining Romance: Love & Desire in Today’s Digital Culture.”

From Crazy Rich Asians to Netflix: The “Rebirth” of Romantic Comedies, pt. 2
Katherine E. Morrissey / San Francisco State University

February 3, 2020 Katherine E. Morrissey / San Francisco State University 2 comments

Katherine E. Morrissey explores how the recent successes (and failures) of Crazy Rich Asians and To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before illustrate two emerging distribution strategies for rom-coms within the increasingly global media market.

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From Crazy Rich Asians to Netflix: The “Rebirth” of Romantic Comedies
Katherine E. Morrissey / San Francisco State University

November 4, 2019 Katherine E. Morrissey / San Francisco State University 5 comments

Katherine E. Morrissey explores the evolution of the romantic comedy and its audience since the 1980s in order to understand the contemporary “rebirth” of these films.

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Stop Teaching Software, Start Teaching Software Literacy
Katherine Morrissey / Rochester Institute of Technology

September 20, 2015 Katherine E. Morrissey / San Francisco State University 7 comments

Katherine Morrissey advocates for teaching media and software literacy skills which will enable students to successfully adapt and respond to changes in software, its classroom availability, and in the media landscape itself.

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Flow is a critical forum on media and culture published by the Department of Radio-Television-Film at the University of Texas at Austin. Flow’s mission is to provide a space where scholars and the public can discuss media histories, media studies, and the changing landscape of contemporary media.

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"Blonde is a Kind of Person": A Cultural History of the Dumb Blonde
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New in Over*Flow: @kellymcoyne examines cultural anxiety and ambivalence around the "dumb blonde" stereotype in "Blonde is a Kind of Person": A Cultural History of the Dumb Blonde. Check it out! https://www.flowjournal.org/2023/03/cultural-history-dumb-blonde/

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Monday, Flow day!! Volume 29.05 is now live on the website. ! Head on over to http://flowjournal.org to read the first installment of work by @bimmbles , @trilliz, @kingisafink, @influencerlabor, and @westemilye!

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New in Over*Flow: @rouselaurenc and @melstanfill present the results of a survey of users of popular fan fiction hosting site http://archiveofourown.org, providing updated statistics on fan fiction readers and writers. https://www.flowjournal.org/2023/02/fan-demographics-on-ao3/

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