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Author: Kit Hughes / Colorado State University

Kit Hughes is Assistant professor of Film and Media Studies in the Department of Communication Studies at Colorado State University. She specializes in television history, nontheatrical film, studies of labor and capitalism, and histories of technology. Her forthcoming book, Television at Work: Industrial Media and American Labor (Oxford University Press), explores how American business developed workplace television as a medium of industrial efficiency, ideological orientation, and corporate expansion. Her research on sponsored film, workplace media, early video formats, and archival methods has appeared in Film History, Media, Culture & Society, Television & New Media, American Archivist, and elsewhere. As a one-time UT M.A. student, she served as Columns editor for FLOW (2008-09).

COVID-19: Teaching Solidarity
Kit Hughes / Colorado State University

May 4, 2020 Kit Hughes / Colorado State University One comment

Kit Hughes writes about the necessity of solidarity in academia along with other workplaces in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Kids and Cable: Teaching Regulatory Circumvention
Kit Hughes / Colorado State University

February 3, 2020 Kit Hughes / Colorado State University 2 comments

Kit Hughes explores the cable industry’s dual missions to uphold quality programming for children while pushing for deregulation.

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Market Commentary: Teaching Capitalism
Kit Hughes / Colorado State University

November 4, 2019 Kit Hughes / Colorado State University One comment

Kit Hughes explores the influence and implications of midcentury NYSE-sponsored training films for everyday stock market investors.

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Insert Clip Here: Supradiegetic Aesthetics of Medium and Flight of the Conchords
Kit Hughes / FLOW Staff

September 18, 2008 Kit Hughes / Colorado State University 4 comments

A look at the unusual similarities between two otherwise incredibly disparate shows.

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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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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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Happy Flow-entines Day! We are proud to announce the release of special issue Volume 29.04, "The Struggle Is (for) Real: Cultivating Authenticity in the 'BeReal' age"! Thanks to guest editors @TomDivon and @disabledphd. Read the full issue here: http://flowjournal.org

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