A Critical Forum on Media and Culture
A Critical Forum on Media and Culture
La televisión mexicana y la transformación del poder en México en el siglo XXI
by: Javier Esteinou Madrid / Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, Unidad Xochimilco
Entramos en la fase histórica de vivir bajo el imperio
del nuevo poder informal de los medios de difusión colectivos. / We are entering a new historical phase in which we live under the empire of the new informal power of collective mass media.
La semiótica de la televisión en América Latina: problemáticas y perspectivas metodológicas
by: Alfredo Cid Jurado / Tecnológico de Monterrey, Campus Mexico City
El futuro de la semiótica aplicada a la televisión latinoamericana, y cómo puede responder a las demandas sobre el estudio profundo del rol social que juega la televisión en el mundo de habla hispana. / The future of semiotics and the study of Latin American Television, and the ways it may respond to the demands for a deeper study of the social role that television plays in the Spanish speaking world.
Região, Raça, e Clase Social: Recepcão de TV na Salvador, Bahia
by: Joe Straubhaar / University of Texas at Austin
O mito de democrácia racial no Brasil posiciona o pensamento crítico sobre os textos de televisão em termos de classe, mas entrevistas em Salvador, Bahia, Brasil, mostra uma tendência entre algumas pessoas de pensar em termos raciais e criticos. / A widespread myth of racial democracy in Brazil tends to position critical thinking about television texts in terms of class, but interviews in Salvador, Bahia show an emerging tendency among some to think in more critical racial terms.
Watching TV Without Pity
by: Mark Andrejevic / University of Iowa
Rip-on-your-favorite-show sites elevate the attempt to make bad TV more entertaining to a popular art form. In the Television Without Pity world, the show is no longer the final product, but rather the raw material to which value is added.
Sex, Media, Celebrity: A Queer Culture of Media Production
by: Adam Fish / UCLA
Subcultures become pop cultures and today’s underground emerges as tomorrow’s mainstream.
Brand Loyalty vs. show loyalty, the strange case of Virgin vs. Sky
by: Nichola Dobson / Independent Scholar
Caught in between disputing media cable providers, audiences find alternative ways to circumvent the
media’s economically driven programming strategies.
Why Do I Love Television So Very Much?
by: Alan McKee / Queensland University of Technology
Why is television my favourite medium, moreso than cinema, radio, even than books? Why does art make me so angry, television so joyful?
TiVoing Childhood
by: Jason Mittell / Middlebury College
What is television to a child who only knows TiVo?
Stripping (Part 2)
by: Daniel Marcus / Goucher College
How does stripping popular series for syndication affect the how viewers receive actors, subplots, and secondary characters? In the final installment of his two-part series on stripping, Marcus explores the impact of syndication practices and raises some interesting questions about how cable channels and DVD technology alter how we watch TV.
An Arresting Development
by: Jason Mittell / Middlebury College
What can the cancellation of Arrested Development tell us about the present and future state of the television industry?
Devils in the Details
by: Christine Becker / University of Notre Dame
HDTV and the future of television — what are the possibilities?
Broadcasting Is Dead, Long Live Broadcasting
by: John McMurria / DePaul University
As Internet companies move towards increasing video content they have begun to look to television as a model. What lessons can be learned from the history of broadcast as Internet/TV convergence gains momentum? In 4 case studies of Internet/TV convergence, the issues of access, fair use and public initiatives are explored and critiqued.