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“Bonus point for the smile!”: The directive of happiness on BeReal
Taylor Annabell / King’s College London

February 10, 2023 Taylor Annabell / King’s College London 2 comments

Taylor Annabell examines how the platform BeReal encourages visibility through smiling selfies. Annabell argues this directive of happiness reveals how the construction of authenticity has particular implications for young women.

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Media Made Easy: Platforms and the Rise of Media-as-a-Service
Emily West / University of Massachusetts Amherst

October 10, 2022 Emily West / University of Massachusetts Amherst One comment

Emily West details the shift towards the consumption of media-as-a-service and its implications for audience subjectivity in the streaming era.

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Still Watching Netflix and the Cross-Platform Ecosystem of Streaming Media
Katie Hoovestol / University of Texas at Austin

August 3, 2022 Katie Hoovestol / University of Texas at Austin 4 comments

Katie Hoovestol examines Netflix’s branded YouTube account Still Watching Netflix as an extension of Netflix’s cross-platform ecosystem.

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By Any Platforms Necessary: The Makeshift Infrastructures of Bogota’s Public School Communities During the Covid-19 Pandemic
Andres Lombana-Bermudez / Universidad Javeriana

June 4, 2021 Andres Lombana-Bermudez / Universidad Javeriana 7 comments

Andres Lombana-Bermudez reflects on how Colombian public school systems utilized Information Communication Technologies (ICT) throughout the COVID-19 pandemic.

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What Is “Good” Digital Media Work, Anyway?
Austin Morris / University of Wisconsin, Madison

October 26, 2020 Austin Morris / University of Wisconsin-Madison Leave a comment

Using new media cooperative Defector as a case study, Austin Morris explores the ethics of online content production and what it means to do “good work” in the digital content industries.

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The Political Economy of Digital Platforms
Samantha Close / DePaul University

October 29, 2018 Samantha Close / DePaul University Leave a comment

Samantha Close brings attention to the key points of FLOW 2018’s “The Political Economy of Digital Platforms” roundtable.

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The Cost of Convenience: Exclusive Licensing and Subscription Video On Demand
Karen Petruska / University of California, Santa Barbara

March 1, 2015 Karen Petruska / UC Santa Barbara One comment

As television audiences become fragmented, questions regarding distribution of content are legion.

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"Blonde is a Kind of Person": A Cultural History of the Dumb Blonde
Kelly Coyne / Northwestern University

Fan Demographics on Archive of Our Own
Lauren Rouse & Mel Stanfill / University of Central Florida

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22 Mar

New in Over*Flow: @kellymcoyne examines cultural anxiety and ambivalence around the "dumb blonde" stereotype in "Blonde is a Kind of Person": A Cultural History of the Dumb Blonde. Check it out! https://www.flowjournal.org/2023/03/cultural-history-dumb-blonde/

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Monday, Flow day!! Volume 29.05 is now live on the website. ! Head on over to http://flowjournal.org to read the first installment of work by @bimmbles , @trilliz, @kingisafink, @influencerlabor, and @westemilye!

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New in Over*Flow: @rouselaurenc and @melstanfill present the results of a survey of users of popular fan fiction hosting site http://archiveofourown.org, providing updated statistics on fan fiction readers and writers. https://www.flowjournal.org/2023/02/fan-demographics-on-ao3/

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