A Critical Forum on Media and Culture
Ysabel Gerrard examines social media platforms’ content moderation and community guidelines through online pro-ED communities.
Kate Cronin takes the Mad Men collection at the Harry Ransom Center as a case study to consider the role archives and archivists play in constructing critical conceptions of contemporary television authorship.
Kathy Cacace looks at the post-feminist politics of Megyn Kelly’s morning show and how this, as well as certain industrial factors, colors its coverage of the #MeToo movement.
Eric Forthun examines the shifting late-night landscape as women formally and aesthetically experiment on cable and streaming services.
Ashlynn d’Harcourt explores the ways in which comedians Cameron Esposito and Rhea Butcher stealthily center themselves on screen and in doing so, reposition their non-normative identities as conventional, further normalizing their subversiveness.
Briana Barner explores the podcast as a racialized space, and gives an example of a podcast that pushes back against the notion that podcasts are a White space.
Brett Siegel investigates the NFL’s response to declining ratings at a crucial moment in which the league’s status as both an entertainment property and cultural force is under intense scrutiny.
Maggie Steinhauer explores interactive voting methods for reality competition programs and the impact of Twitter #Save features on live television.
Nathan Rossi considers contemporary Latinx representation and the relationship between entertainment television and immigration reform.
