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Overhaulin’ TV and Government (Thoughts on the Political Campaign to Pimp Your Ride)

February 4, 2005 James Hay / University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign 8 comments

by: James Hay / University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign
These days, the expression “overhauling” is in the air (and “on the air.”)

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An Open Letter to the Food Network

February 4, 2005 Anna McCarthy / New York University 34 comments

by: Anna McCarthy / New York University
Dear Food Network, I like cooking and I like eating . . .

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Turning Back the Tidycans

February 4, 2005 Michael Curtin / University of Wisconsin-Madison 16 comments

by: Michael Curtin / University of Wisconsin-Madison
Most evenings my octogenarian, cigar-chomping, father-in-law likes to crank up the TV to full volume, pour a tall one, and settle into his easy chair where he methodically scans the news and talk channels, riding herd on the world from his perch in coastal Georgia.

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The 2004 Presidential Election and the Dean Scream

February 4, 2005 Lisa Parks / University of California - Santa Barbara 9 comments

by: Lisa Parks / UC Santa Barbara
What was missing in this campaign in my opinion was the lack of discussion of media industry reform, which is surprising given all the ammunition on the democratic side to address such issues.

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The Trunk in the Attic, or, Designing a Digital Legacy

February 4, 2005 Robert Schrag / North Carolina State University 5 comments

by: Robert Schrag / North Carolina State University
Communication is, and always has been, a negotiation; technology and society parrying and thrusting, demand and counter, proposition and accommodation.

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Terrorists Watching TV

February 4, 2005 Cynthia Fuchs / George Mason University 12 comments

by: Cynthia Fuchs / George Mason University
About a half hour into Antonia Bird’s The Hamburg Cell, a group of young Muslims are watching TV.

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Interview with Sara Leeder, Segment Producer for CNBC’s “Topic [A] with Tina Brown”

February 4, 2005 Hollis Griffin / Denison University One comment

by: Hollis Griffin / FLOW Staff
Sara Leeder: “For me, the hardest thing about working in a 24-hour news environment is keeping myself constantly attuned to what ‘the news’ is, when ‘the news’ is always changing.”

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

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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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