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OVER*FLOW: The Oscar’s Slow Lurch Toward Relevance and Diversity
Shawna Kidman / University of California San Diego

March 4, 2019 Shawna Kidman / University of California San Diego 2 comments

Shawna Kidman offers a timely response to this year’s Oscars, the Academy’s diversity and ratings problems, and how Black Panther complicates what we think is “Oscar worthy.”

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From Inclusion Riders to Cultivating Care: What Lifetime Can Teach The Industry about Entertainment By and For Women, Pt. 2
Miranda J. Banks and Kristin J. Lieb / Emerson College

February 22, 2019 Miranda Banks and Kristin Lieb 3 comments

In the second part of their series, Miranda Banks and Kristin Lieb explore how the Lifetime Television Network is furthering its mission to support gender parity and inclusivity behind the lens.

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The Devil in the Details: User Tracking Is Hurting More Than Our Privacy, It’s Doing Serious Damage to Public-Interest Media, Too.
Josh Braun / UMass Amherst

February 22, 2019 Josh Braun / University of Massachusetts Amherst 272 comments

Josh Braun reveals how digital surveillance not only puts user safety and security at risk but is also a threat to quality reporting and public interest media.

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“The Game on Top of the Game”: Navigating Race, Media, and the Business of Basketball in High Flying Bird
Courtney M. Cox / University of Southern California

February 22, 2019 Courtney M. Cox / University of Southern California 2 comments

Courtney M. Cox discusses the opportunities and limitations of recent shifts in power relations in professional basketball and the sports media landscape by examining Steven Soderbergh’s Netflix film High Flying Bird.

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Lucifer’s Women and Doctor Dracula: Conjuring a Cult-Cult Canon, Pt. 2
Phil Oppenheim / Oppanopticom / EPIX / Brown Sugar SVOD

February 22, 2019 Phil Oppenheim / Oppanopticom / EPIX / Brown Sugar, SVOD One comment

Phil Oppenheim further analyzes Lucifer’s Women and its cultishness, bringing in real-life events such as the Manson Family trial and to historically and narratively position the film.

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Five Ways I’ve Defined Fan Studies
Jenny Keegan / Louisiana State University Press

February 22, 2019 Jenny Keegan / Louisiana State University Press One comment

Fan studies is an often misunderstood field. Jenny Keegan addresses the challenges of defining what is fan studies and what it is becoming.

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What Happens When Chinese and Western Podcasters Meet?
Siobhán McHugh /University of Wollongong

February 22, 2019 Siobhán McHugh / University of Wollongong, Australia 2 comments

Siobhán McHugh examines the transcultural strategies employed by Chinese podcasters in their translation of Western podcasts for the Chinese market.

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Kelly Coyne / Northwestern University

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Sarah E.S. Sinwell details how one art house cinema continues to adapt to the pandemic while serving its local community. @sinwelleffect

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Maggie Hennefeld discusses efforts to curate 99 silent films spotlighting early film feminism, and discusses the challenges of navigating the early feminist film archive. @magshenny

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Helen Wheatley discusses the recent proliferation of afterlife-themed television shows and how creators navigate multiple conceptions of "post-death experience." @hmwheatley

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