A Critical Forum on Media and Culture
A Critical Forum on Media and Culture
Using new media cooperative Defector as a case study, Austin Morris explores the ethics of online content production and what it means to do “good work” in the digital content industries.
Read moreOrquidea Morales traces the relationship between the Latinx community, Latin American audiences and horror films, claiming Latinx horror to be an inherently transnational genre.
Read moreJessica Sage Rauchberg examines how shadowbanning and algorithmic moderation affect disabled users on TikTok, arguing that these practices erase and suppress user content.
Read moreCáel Keegan revisits Sleepaway Camp in his final installment of “In Praise of the Bad Transgender Object” to reveal its sympathetic trans masculine subtext.
Read morePaxton Haven explores the current trend of virtual music festivals as both a continuation of the collective politics of dance cultures, but also a new frontier of industry intervention in a live music marketplace depleted by COVID-19.
Read moreAnalyzing The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, Helen Morgan-Parmett discusses the intersections of gender and urban crisis in nostalgic discourses surrounding New York’s past, present, and future.
Read moreAs “Hot Girl Summer” has officially come to a close, Danielle Williams traces the evolution of a catchphrase into a branding strategy for freshman rapper Megan Thee Stallion.
Read moreIn his third piece on HBO’s The Deuce, Matthew Tchepikova-Treon explores the role of pornography, music, and the female body in the show’s second season.
Read moreDrawing from her own experiences working for ESPN and applying Sara Ahmed’s concept of “complaint as diversity work,” Courtney M. Cox interrogates the lack of diversity in sports media and offers a multi-pronged approach to improving inclusivity in a notoriously white male industry.
Read morePeter C. Kunze examines Netflix’s budding interest in Broadway theatre, which continues film and television’s longstanding investment in theatrical entertainment.
Read moreSamantha Close brings attention to the key points of FLOW 2018’s “The Political Economy of Digital Platforms” roundtable.
Read moreThe Flow 2018 organizers are proud to present our preliminary conference schedule featuring 31 roundtable panels. Check back later for more details about our receptions and other events. This year’s conference roundtables will take place at the Texas Union (UNB) and the Belo Media Center (BMC) on the campus of the University of Texas at Austin. Walk-up registration and check-in […]
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