A Critical Forum on Media and Culture
A Critical Forum on Media and Culture
A comparison of the performance styles of American and Australian ‘Top Model’ hosts Tyra Banks and Johdi Meares.
Read moreThe visibility of botox on Damages leads the author to reflect on how cosmetic surgery appears on television and in public life, and why.
Read moreRe-situating Marshall McLuhan in media studies, in light of a new biography by Douglas Coupland.
Read moreA discussion of the ways that femininities are conceptualized in postfeminism through color-coding.
Read moreDirect-to-DVD (D2D) films are often ignored by academic discourse, yet the study of D2D films offers an important contribution to the fields of both reception and genre studies.
Read morePaul Achter / University of Richmond
The anti-spectacle nature of the sport of golf is examined in light of two events, the 2010 Masters and the re-emergence of Tiger Woods after his much-publicized sex scandal.
The CRTC’s decision to allow private television networks in Canada to sell content to cable and satellite carriers may have broader policy implications.
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