13.14 – Special Issue: Flow Favorites 2011

**Flow Favorites: Modern Family, Glee, and the Limits of Television Liberalism**
Alexander Doty / Indiana University

May 19, 2011 Alexander Doty / Indiana University 13 comments

Jessalynn Keller’s Flow Favorite: Alexander Doty’s column on the 2010 Emmy broadcast reveals the tensions of a liberal politics of representation in the shows Glee and Modern Family.

Flow Favorites: The Myth of Classlessness in Apple’s “Get a Mac” Campaign
Randall Livingstone / University of Oregon

May 19, 2011 Randall Livingstone / University of Oregon 7 comments

Alfred Martin’s Flow Favorite: Randall Livingstone challenges the myth behind the “Get a Mac” ads.

**Flow Favorites: Avatar as Technological Tentpole**
Charles R. Acland / Concordia University

May 19, 2011 Charles R. Acland / Concordia University 9 comments

Courtney Brannon Donoghue’s Flow Favorite: Charles Acland wonders whether James Cameron’s Avatar is a “game-changer,” or business as usual?

Flow Favorites: “We Think INSIDE the Box”: CD Box Sets in the Download Era
Kyle Barnett / Bellarmine University

May 19, 2011 Kyle Barnett / Bellarmine University 4 comments

Paul Gansky’s Flow Favorite: A look at how the DVD industry’s use of packaging mirrors and contrasts that of deluxe vinyl and CD sets.

Flow Favorites: Problems in “Wellywood”: Rethinking the politics of transnational cultural labor
Bridget Conor / Goldsmiths College, University of London

May 19, 2011 Bridget Conor / Goldsmiths College, University of London Leave a comment

William Moner’s Flow Favorite: Bridget Conor examines the politics of transnational cultural labor in last fall’s Hobbit dispute.

Flow Favorites: Bromance and the Boys of Boston Legal
Kelli Marshall / University of Toledo

May 19, 2011 Kelli Marshall / DePaul University 4 comments

Colin Tait’s Flow Favorite: Marshall explores the homosocial “bromance” of Alan Shore and Denny Crane in “Boston Legal” leading up to the series’ climax.

Flow Favorites: Wikileaks’ Lessons For Media Theory and Politics
Jayson Harsin / The American University of Paris

May 19, 2011 Jayson Harsin / American University of Paris 9 comments

Caroline Leader’s Flow Favorite: Jayson Harsin’s exploration of WikiLeaks provides a wide shot of the famed web scandal within a larger political, global and ideological landscape. By presenting five theses, his article creates endless potential for further research.

Flow Favorites: Modern Family, Glee, and the Limits of Television Liberalism Alexander Doty / Indiana University

Flow Favorites: The Myth of Classlessness in Apple’s “Get a Mac” Campaign Randall Livingstone / University of Oregon

Flow Favorites: Avatar as Technological Tentpole Charles R. Acland / Concordia University

Flow Favorites: “We Think INSIDE the Box”: CD Box Sets in the Download Era Kyle Barnett / Bellarmine University

Flow Favorites: Problems in “Wellywood”: Rethinking the politics of transnational cultural labor Bridget Conor / Goldsmiths College, University of London

Flow Favorites: Bromance and the Boys of Boston Legal Kelli Marshall / University of Toledo

Flow Favorites: Wikileaks’ Lessons For Media Theory and Politics Jayson Harsin / The American University of Paris