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Valuing Post-Network Television
Queering Hip Hop: Frank Ocean and Homophobia
Gerald R. Butters, Jr. / Aurora University
The ramifications in the hip-hop community of Frank Ocean’s sexuality.
Read moreSurveillance and Disinformation
Hacked: Nadia El Fani’s “Bedwin Hacker”
Dale Hudson / NYU Abu Dhabi
Considering Bedwin Hacker’s take on immigration as a degenerative form of cultural invasion, and hacking as a destructive form of vandalism against intellectual property or terrorism against the state.
Read moreGod is Watching, and So Am I: The Theology of Surveillance
Randy Lewis/University of Texas
Sacred security, Homeland Security, and the creeping militarization of the American church.
Read moreA Good Day to Die Hard: Age, Action, and the Masculine Hard Body
Rebecca Feasey / Bath Spa University
An examination of aging male action stars.
Read moreGloved Hands, Pressed Uniforms, and Silver Trays
Herman Gray / University of California in Santa Cruz
Between the relations of subordination and domination in the American south and the English countryside.
Read moreNow Watching: Black Web Series and the Promised Land of New Media
TreaAndrea M. Russworm / University of Massachusetts, Amherst
A look at how the Internet has become a hosting powerhouse for thousands of amateur and professional videos, serialized web shows, direct-to-Internet films, minisodes, animation, documentaries, vlogs featuring blacks.
Read moreThe Return of Rosie: OWN, Celebrity, and the Branding of Basic Cable
Julia Himberg / University of Southern California
What does The Oprah Winfrey network say about basic cable’s reach for niche audiences? What can OWN tell us about contemporary practices of branding and celebrity production? And, how are these practices embedded in the structures of the basic cable marketplace?
Read moreReconsidering The Killing as a Feminine Narrative Form
Kristen Warner / University of Alabama and Lisa Schmidt / Independent Scholar
The authors contend that the narrative strategies employed by AMC’s The Killing would be best analysed through a feminist lens.
Read moreDirect Action Everyday: Adventures in Aesthetic Activism
Esteban del Rio / University of San Diego
Del Rio argues that networked activism, abetted by social networking sites and media, continues to present a range of challenges and opportunities in democratic life for lone activists and advocacy groups alike.
Read moreThe Curious Case of Benjamin Sniddlegrass and the Cauldron of Penguins
Tama Leaver / Curtin University
Tama Leaver investigates the evolution of a podcast movie joke (“Benjamin Sniddlegrass and the Cauldron of Penguins”) into a full-blown cultural phenomenon and DIY film.
Read moreOn Retrospective Reception: Watching LVN Pictures at the Cinemalaya Film Festival
Bliss Cua Lim / University of California, Irvine
A reconsideration of the films of LVN Pictures through the lens of a contemporary festival audience.
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