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Mr. Robot’s Filmic Debts
M. King Adkins / South Dakota School of Mines and Technology

February 29, 2016 M. King Adkins / South Dakota School of Mines and Technology One comment

King Adkins calls attention to Mr. Robot’s aesthetic, thematic, philosophical, and moral filmic debts to The Matrix and The Third Man.

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Children Playing in Hollywood

May 2, 2007 Judith Halberstam / University of Southern California 6 comments

by: Judith Halberstam / University of Southern California
Let’s see how Little Children manages to sneak normativity into the plot as resolution for the problem of the community enforcement of …normativity!

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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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Do Good TV?

February 24, 2006 Laurie Ouellette / University of Minnesota, Twin Cities 5 comments

by: Laurie Ouellette / Queens College, CUNY
ABC’s programming shifts toward “do-good” reality shows. What can explain ABC’s foray into the helping culture?

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When Mullahs Ride the Airwaves: Muslim Televangelists and the Saudi Connection

November 4, 2005 Nabil Echchaibi / Indiana University-Bloomington 5 comments

by: Nabil Echchaibi / Indiana University-Bloomington
An examination of Irqa’ TV’s role in the promotion of Islam in a post-9/11 media landscape.

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The Problem of Morality in Media Policy

April 25, 2005 Thomas Streeter / University of Vermont 22 comments

by: Thomas Streeter / University of Vermont
Beyond Janet Jackson’s breast: an investigation of how to rethink the moral discourse of media reform.

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Pass the Remote!

April 1, 2005 Natalie Cannon, Zak Salih, and Angela Nemecek 8 comments

by: Natalie Cannon, Zak Salih, and Angela Nemecek
HBO’s Carnivale and the valorization of freak culture.

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Belaboring Reality

March 4, 2005 Heather Hendershot / Queens College 17 comments

by: Heather Hendershot / Queens College CUNY
In season one of The Simple Life, the apparently soulless Nicole Ritchie and Paris Hilton spend a month in rural Arkansas disappointing the Ledings, the humble, hard-working farm family that has agreed to take them in.

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Right Turn: Talk TV and Contemporary Politics

January 7, 2005 Rhonda Hammer and Douglas Kellner / UCLA 5 comments

by: Rhonda Hammer and Douglas Kellner
Talk television has become increasingly political in the past years.

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Apology

December 3, 2004 Cynthia Fuchs / George Mason University 6 comments

by: Cynthia Fuchs / George Mason University
Apologizing is an art. And apologizing for TV is something else.

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“Lost”

November 19, 2004 Allison McCracken / DePaul University 12 comments

by: Allison McCracken / DePaul University
With a fall season marked by the popularity of programs entitled Without a Trace and Lost, the importance of loss as a televisual theme seems rather obvious.

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The Audience Factor

November 5, 2004 Melissa Crawley / Lingnan University, Hong Kong 8 comments

by: Melissa Crawley / Lingnan University, Hong Kong
On The O’Reilly Factor on The Fox News Channel, host Bill O’Reilly introduces topics highlighted by recent news stories and spars with guests who represent each side of the issue.

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