A Critical Forum on Media and Culture
Britta Hanson examines the politics of cross-dressing and gender-bending performance on the popular show Lip Sync Battle, which ultimately contains such performances and reifies heteronormative gender roles.
Read moreSelena Dickey analyzes the way industry rhetoric shaped understandings of new telecommunication satellite technology and Hawaii’s regional identity, often configured as both a part of the domestic and apart from it.
Read moreKaitie Hilburn examines the dual role of gamers as both performers and audience within the speedrunning community using the charity marathon Games Done Quick as a case study.
Read moreThe reveal trailers for Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare and Battlefield 1 have become the most disliked and liked trailers on YouTube, respectively. Cameron Lindsey thinks this says less about the games themselves, and more about the marketing.
Read moreDylan Levy examines the shōjo image through the character Mima and her alter-ego in Satoshi Kon’s Perfect Blue .
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