A Critical Forum on Media and Culture
A Critical Forum on Media and Culture
Jeese Balzer examines the Clio Entertainment Awards. As a prize granting institution recognizing promotional labor, The Clios function as one of the few sites where the generally unseen or otherwise taken-for-granted laborers in media promotion ascend, even if only for a moment, to the privileged status (and spaces) of media authorship.
Read moreCameron Lindsey and Lesley Willard, the Managing Editors for Volume 24 of Flow, introduce a special issue that ushers in the journal’s new, broader focus on media and culture.
Read moreAmanda Halprin examines the different translation and subtitling processes utilized by Netflix, DramaFever, and Viki in bringing global, foreign language digital content to U.S. audiences.
Read moreAnthony P. McIntyre lays the groundwork for future investigations into the cultural phenomenon that is “sonic cute.”
Read moreHow to Contribute to the Journal: 1) Submit or pitch an article to Over*Flow Flow formally invites contributions to our new space for responses to breaking TV and media news: Over*Flow. This new feature allows time-sensitive, one-off pieces to be published on our homepage alongside our monthly columns. For more information, check out the CFP. 2) Become a columnist To be […]
Read moreFormer conference coordinator and journal editor (and roller-derby aficionado) Alexis Carreiro muses about the anxieties and joys of organizing the first Flow conference, and presents her ideas for three iterations of Flow – the journal, a manuscript, and biennial conference.
Read moreNatalie Bograd explores the idea of the female mystic in the film “Contact.”
Read moreA consideration of identity politics and representational changes in U.S.-based Dominican magazines.
Read moreThe Dove campaign’s ostensible feel-good message fails to mask the project’s cruelty: like publicly-released mugshots, the Dove portraits are mediated public shaming devices.
Read moreDavid Murray’s reinterpretation of Nat King Cole prompts me to rehear The Nat King Cole Show, especially in the context of black televisual presence in today’s digital platforms.
Read moreObama, Partners, The New Normal, and the question of marriage equality.
Read moreA consideration for reality stars’ expected ethics and behavior.
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