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Showtime’s The Chi and the Surge in Black-Cast TV Dramas
Tim Havens / University of Iowa

February 26, 2018 Tim Havens / University of Iowa 3 comments

Tim Havens explores the surge in high-quality black-cast dramas offered by subscription television services. By comparing contemporary series such as Showtime’s The Chi with African American television of the past, Havens asserts the industry is beginning to splinter the African American audience along divisions of taste cultures.

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The Algorithmic Audience and African American Media Cultures
Tim Havens / University of Iowa

October 30, 2017 Tim Havens / University of Iowa 2 comments

Tim Havens considers Netflix as a case study to develop a typology for studying the role of algorithmic audience analysis in commercial African American streaming culture.

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“I Just Expect There To Be Some Trouble”: Boyz N the Hood and Racialization of Cinema Violence
Caetlin Benson-Allott / Georgetown University

February 27, 2017 Caetlin Benson-Allott / Georgetown University Leave a comment

In this article, Caetlin Benson-Allott focuses on the racist backlash to incidents of violence surrounding the release of Boyz N the Hood and other films such as New Jack City and Do The Right Thing

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“Warriors, Come Out to Play”: Considering the Role of Films in Moral Panics about Cinema Violence
Caetlin Benson-Allott / Georgetown University

November 28, 2016 Caetlin Benson-Allott / Georgetown University 7 comments

In this column, Caetlin Benson-Allott argues that the moral panic following the 1979 release of The Warriors was the result of latent, coded racism on the part of both the media and the public.

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Word Warrior Richard Durham: Crusading Radio Scriptwriter
Sonja Williams / Howard University

May 19, 2015 Sonja Williams / Howard University One comment

In this column for the Radio Preservation Task Force with the National Recording Preservation Board of the Library of Congress Special Issue, Sonja Williams explores the career of Richard Durham, pioneering African American radio scriptwriter and versatile creative force.

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Stefania Marghitu explores the intersections between gender, genre, and authorship via Rose Matafeo's Starstruck. @DearStefania

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Cara Dickason examines how corporations sell Smart TVs as domestic surveillance technologies through gendered formulas. @CaraDickason

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Isabel Molina-Guzmán discusses how Bridgerton's escapist narrative produces a nostalgia that simultaneously erases histories of racial conflict, generates pleasure in non-white audiences, and maintains white subjectivity. @LaProfaMolina

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