A Critical Forum on Media and Culture
Maria Skouras explores how national tourism boards are fostering the “tourism imaginaries” of potential visitors while encouraging them to stay home during the COVID-19 crisis.
Read moreLaura Springman explores the recent example of K-pop fan involvement in the Black Lives Matter movement on Twitter as a continuation of a tradition of K-pop fan activism.
Read moreKathy Cacace considers the limitations and possibilities of sousveillance to interrupt white supremacy, drawing examples from the Black Lives Matter uprising during the summer of 2020.
Read moreHazem Fahmy analyzes Netflix’s recent acquisition of Egyptian films, television series, and plays.
Read moreJackson Wright investigates the 2019 film Booksmart, complicating its popular reception as a progressive piece of media, instead positing that the film continues to marginalize nonwhite characters and support white superiority.
Read moreLaura Brown unpacks a 1946 WCBS radio advertisement, and considers the multiple uses of archival materials.
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