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3 Ways that BTS and its Fans are Redefining Liveness
Michelle Cho / McGill University

May 29, 2018 Michelle Cho / McGill University 7 comments

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.

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On Discoverability
Ramon Lobato / RMIT University

May 29, 2018 Ramon Lobato / RMIT University 2 comments

Ramon 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.

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Into the Glow: Glossier’s Emily Weiss and Millennial Entrepreneurism
Elizabeth Affuso / Pitzer College

May 29, 2018 Elizabeth Affuso / Pitzer College 6 comments

Elizabeth Affuso explores the dewy aesthetics and commodity feminism of Glossier, a makeup, media, and lifestyle brand.

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Soundtrack Album Fandom and Unofficial Releases
Paul N. Reinsch / Texas Tech University

May 29, 2018 Paul Reinsch / Texas Tech University One comment

Paul Reinsch discusses the intricacies of audience interaction with official—and unofficial—film soundtrack albums.

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Sitcom in the Trump Era: Racially Diverse Utopias and White Dystopias
Jorie Lagerwey / University College Dublin
Taylor Nygaard / University of Denver

May 29, 2018 Jorie Lagerwey & Taylor Nygaard / UCD Dublin & University of Denver Leave a comment

Jorie Lagerwey and Taylor Nygaard examine white-cast dystopias and people of color-cast utopias in contemporary sitcom aesthetics.

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Navigating the Unknown Risks Within the Content We Create and Consume
Kate Edwards/Geogrify LLC

May 29, 2018 Kate Edwards / Geogrify One comment

Kate 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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Stefania Marghitu explores the intersections between gender, genre, and authorship via Rose Matafeo's Starstruck. @DearStefania

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Cara Dickason examines how corporations sell Smart TVs as domestic surveillance technologies through gendered formulas. @CaraDickason

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Isabel Molina-Guzmán discusses how Bridgerton's escapist narrative produces a nostalgia that simultaneously erases histories of racial conflict, generates pleasure in non-white audiences, and maintains white subjectivity. @LaProfaMolina

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