A Critical Forum on Media and Culture
A Critical Forum on Media and Culture
Michelle Cho explores the impact of multi-platform fan engagement on television consumption through K-pop boy band BTS’s fans are expanding and redefining mediated liveness.
Read moreRamon Lobato considers discoverability. Apps, portals, and platforms each have algorithms meant to surface particular content over others and media industry scholars should be paying attention.
Read moreElizabeth Affuso explores the dewy aesthetics and commodity feminism of Glossier, a makeup, media, and lifestyle brand.
Read morePaul Reinsch discusses the intricacies of audience interaction with official—and unofficial—film soundtrack albums.
Read moreJorie Lagerwey and Taylor Nygaard examine white-cast dystopias and people of color-cast utopias in contemporary sitcom aesthetics.
Read moreKate Edwards uses a geopolitical issue to consider the many “unknown risks” of generating media content within the modern context of global business, product creation, and community interaction across boundaries.
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