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Tag: Censorship

How Adapting Content to Cultural Expectations Intersects with the Practice of Censorship
Kate Edwards / Geogrify

October 30, 2017 Kate Edwards / Geogrify One comment

Kate Edwards argues that content creators, especially those with a global audience, must balance carefully between culturalization and censorship in video games and other content.

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Wicked Games, Part 2: Blood, Sex, and Pixels
Matthew Payne / University of Alabama
Peter Alilunas / University of Oregon

February 29, 2016 Matthew Payne / University of Alabama & Peter Alilunas / University of Oregon One comment

In part II of their “Wicked Games” series, Matthew Payne and Peter Alilunas look the controversies surrounding the video game industry in the early 1990s and the subsequent birth of the Entertainment Software Rating Board (ESRB) ratings.

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When the Whole World is Watching: The Case of Celebrity Big Brother

April 5, 2007 Sarita Malik / Brunel University 3 comments

by: Sarita Malik / Brunel University
Now that we can begin to look back at Celebrity Big Brother in less impulsive, more diagnostic ways, the major upshot – aside from a surefire boost to Shilpa Shetty’s international career following her win –
should be the critical attention paid to Channel 4’s role.

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Redefining Indecency

February 24, 2006 John McMurria / DePaul University One comment

by: John McMurria / DePaul University
Television networks fearful of steep fines and consumer backlash rush to ensure decency standards are upheld. This article looks at indecency in myriad of ways, from the Superbowl pre-game and half-time shows to the funeral of Coretta Scott King.

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Where’s the Beef?

April 1, 2005 Daniel Bernardi / Arizona State University 6 comments

by: Daniel Bernardi / Arizona State University
A look at pornography, hate speech, Donna Haraway’s cyborg metaphor, and their relationship to race in America.

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What the Arab World Should be Watching

February 18, 2005 Nabil Echchaibi / Indiana University-Bloomington 4 comments

by: Nabil Echchaibi / Indiana University
I still cherish the memory of my old shortwave radio tucked underneath my bed when I was in Morocco.

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The 2004 Presidential Election and the Dean Scream

February 4, 2005 Lisa Parks / University of California - Santa Barbara 9 comments

by: Lisa Parks / UC Santa Barbara
What was missing in this campaign in my opinion was the lack of discussion of media industry reform, which is surprising given all the ammunition on the democratic side to address such issues.

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Fairness Doctrine Now! Will it really hush Rush?

December 17, 2004 Frederick Wasser / Brooklyn College 3 comments

by: Frederick Wasser / Brooklyn College
We cannot blame this one on the media. There was no spin, no agenda setting, and no spiral of silence powerful enough to excuse the electorate.

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The New “F” Word: Indexed Out of the Election Debate

December 3, 2004 Bill Herman / University of Pennsylvania 4 comments

by: Bill Herman / University of Pennsylvania
The most important question here is what actually happened on Election Day; most communication researchers are ill-equipped to do this.

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20 Sep

New in Over*Flow: @renherold and @cinefeminism examine the deconstruction of cis gay masculinity in the 2022 semi-satirical gay rom-com Bros, reassessing its "bad object" status. Read more here: https://www.flowjournal.org/2023/09/over-flow-gender-sex-bros/

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NOPE is about the eye of the camera, but also Black defiance of it. Read Sophia Abbey's brief but excellent piece at @FlowTV, "Gazing Upwards: Spectacle, Surveillance, and Resistance in Nope." #OpenAccess
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Happy Tuesday, and happy Volume 29.07 release day! The final issue of Flow in the spring features work from @baker_r_r, @Naledgesince82, @caitmckinney, @MichaelSocolow, and Michele White! Read the full issue here: http://flowjournal.org

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TGIF!! Celebrate by reading vol. 29.06-up on the site now. Thx to @jenholt13 @rebeccasholt @kevindriscoll and @TrueIcaRash for their contributions!!

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