A Critical Forum on Media and Culture
A Critical Forum on Media and Culture
James Bennett examines Ricky Gervais, Extras, and the show’s meta-textual mediation on television celebrity.
Read moreA look at the rise in father figures and the importance of paternity in TV drama series.
Read moreAn argument for the significance of the videotape as a lively and important object of academic research.
Read moreThe confluence of edutainment, celebrity philanthropy, popular environmentalism, post-cold war neo-liberal politics, and the media event in Guy Laliberte’s space tourism.
Read moreAn analysis of FlashForward‘s techniques to keep the viewer engaged and even to inspire fan behavior in its audience.
Read moreAmanda Klein / East Carolina University
A look at BET’s Baldwin Hills, a reality drama that effectively straddles the line between projective drama and rhetorical document.
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