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Over*Flow: Martha Stewart’s Star Persona and the 21st-Century Influencer
Emma Ginsberg / Georgetown University
Emma Ginsberg details the development of Martha Stewart’s enduring star image and contemporary influencer persona, which centers around whiteness, privilege, and affluence.
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Matthew Crain / Miami University
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Read moreProtected: K-pop Fandom is Fast Becoming an Empowering Space for LGBTQ+ Youth Around the World
Thomas Baudinette / Macquarie University
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Read moreProtected: Digital Transmissions: Thinking Historically About Broadcasting and Electronic Sell-Though in the Digital Era
Eleanor Patterson / Auburn University
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Read moreProtected: Parallel Hierarchies: Navigating Assistantship in Hollywood’s Above and Below the Line Divide
Kiah Bennett / Muhlenberg College
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Read moreProtected: Outside YouTube, Inside Netflix: Bo Burnham and Contemporary Production Culture
Ben Rogerson /Texas Tech University
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Read moreWho Severed the Tiger’s Spine?: Traumas of Occupation and Partition in Exhuma
Soohee Kang / University of Texas at Austin
Soohee Kang explores how Exhuma (2024) works through legacies of colonial occupation and subtly hints at the trauma of Korean partition.
Read more“Scan to Join!”: Selfie Fan Cams and the Sporting Event
Laurel P. Rogers / University of Texas at Austin
Laurel P. Rogers reflects on the “selfie fan cam” at sporting events.
Read moreAmazon MGM Studios not playing by its book in India
Mansa Narain / University of Texas at Austin
Mansa Narain discusses how Amazon commodifies DEI initiatives in India, prioritising profit over genuine inclusion.
Read moreTexas in Close-Up: Exploring the Lone Star State’s Media Ecosystem
Alisa Perren / University of Texas at Austin
Alisa Perren welcomes readers to Flow’s Special Issue on the Texas media industries by describing the complexities of defining and building a media industry at the state and local level.
Read moreBuilding the Television Network: AT&T’s Southwest Extension and the Fort Worth Rodeo
Selena Dickey / Furman University
Selena Dickey argues that the growth of nationwide, synchronous television service was a much more contingent, incremental, and local process than most media historians have previously acknowledged.
Read moreThe Vanishing of Public Media
Deborah L. Jaramillo / Boston University
Deborah L. Jaramillo documents the trials and tribulations of KMBH, the only (and now defunct) public broadcaster in the Rio Grande Valley.
Read moreThrive and Elevate: Austin’s DEI Arts Funding and the Film Festivals it Supports
Hannah Wold / University of Texas at Austin
Hannah Wold investigates the results of the City of Austin’s new DEI-aligned arts grant system on Austin’s film nonprofits.
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