A Critical Forum on Media and Culture
Crystal Camargo grapples with how the cultural specificity of Mindy Kaling’s Netflix comedy Never Have I Ever is diluted by the sonic whiteness of the show’s narrator, John McEnroe.
Read moreAfter discussing the dreaded weekly discussion post assignment, Juan Llamas-Rodriguez considers the voice memo as a suitable alternative.
Read moreLaurel Westrup examines several contemporary popular music videos to understand how sound design deepens audience engagement with the video’s diegetic world beyond the basic narrative of the song’s lyrics.
Read moreIn his third piece on HBO’s The Deuce, Matthew Tchepikova-Treon explores the role of pornography, music, and the female body in the show’s second season.
Read moreAndrew J. Bottomley considers Radio + Love, a non-narrated podcast that gives voice to individuals that are typically marginalized or subcultural but does little to challenges the shortcomings of neoliberalism.
Read moreIn this column for the Radio Preservation Task Force with the National Recording Preservation Board of the Library of Congress Special Issue, Christine Ehrick examines gendered soundspaces in the history of radio in South America.
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