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The High Cost of Free Content: Games and Advertising
Peter Krapp / UC Irvine

May 6, 2013 Peter Krapp University of California Irvine 4 comments

Krapp’s third contribution analyzes the role of in-game advertising to support the economic model of digital distribution and the tensions between advertising and quality in video games.

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Habit-Change in the Mobile Present III: Augusta App and Habit-ing Differently
Heidi Rae Cooley/University of South Carolina

May 6, 2013 Heidi Cooley University of South Carolina 2 comments

The third-installment of “Habit-Change in the Mobile Present,” this article discusses everyday practices with technologies examining how the mobile application, Augusta App, demonstrates our inclination to announce location and render ourselves findable in the mobile present.

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Altermodern Literacy: Netflix, Apple TV, YouTube, and Cutting the Cord
Ralph Beliveau / University of Oklahoma

May 6, 2013 Ralph Beliveau University of Oklahoma Leave a comment

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Dexter, Straight Homosexuality, and the Normalization of the Psycho
David Greven / University of South Carolina

May 6, 2013 David Greven // University of South Carolina 3 comments

A consideration of Straight Homosexuality in Showtime’s Dexter.

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The Afro-Brazilian Public Sphere
Reighan Gillam / University of Michigan

May 6, 2013 Reighan Gillian Cornell University One comment

An exploration of Afro-Brazilian media that complicates racial democracy in Brazil.

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Shipper Fandoms and Online Polls: Reconsidering Critiques of Clicktivism
Eve Ng / Five College Women’s Studies Research Center and the University of Massachusetts-Amherst

May 6, 2013 Eve Ng / University of Massachusetts-Amherst One comment

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Valuing Post-Network Television
Aymar Jean Christian / Northwestern University

May 6, 2013 Aymar Jean Christian / Northwestern University 7 comments

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Fair and Balanced Philosophy
Brad Gyori / Tribeca Flashpoint Media Arts Academy

May 6, 2013 Brad Gyori Tribeca Flashpoint Media Arts Academy Leave a comment

A consideration of parallels between Fox News practices and political aspirations of Greek philosophers.

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Here Comes Honey Boo Boo and the Spectacle of the Ungovernable Child
Kristen Hatch / University of California, Irvine

May 6, 2013 Kristin Hatch UC Irvine 3 comments

A consideration of reality television, blackface minstrelsy, and the figure of the ungovernable child.

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Over*Flow: “It’s Not Steroids, It’s Testosterone!”: Deconstructing Gender and Sex in Bros (2022)
Lauren Herold / Kenyon College and Nicole Erin Morse / Florida Atlantic University

"Blonde is a Kind of Person": A Cultural History of the Dumb Blonde
Kelly Coyne / Northwestern University

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20 Sep

New in Over*Flow: @renherold and @cinefeminism examine the deconstruction of cis gay masculinity in the 2022 semi-satirical gay rom-com Bros, reassessing its "bad object" status. Read more here: https://www.flowjournal.org/2023/09/over-flow-gender-sex-bros/

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16 Aug

NOPE is about the eye of the camera, but also Black defiance of it. Read Sophia Abbey's brief but excellent piece at @FlowTV, "Gazing Upwards: Spectacle, Surveillance, and Resistance in Nope." #OpenAccess
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Happy Tuesday, and happy Volume 29.07 release day! The final issue of Flow in the spring features work from @baker_r_r, @Naledgesince82, @caitmckinney, @MichaelSocolow, and Michele White! Read the full issue here: http://flowjournal.org

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TGIF!! Celebrate by reading vol. 29.06-up on the site now. Thx to @jenholt13 @rebeccasholt @kevindriscoll and @TrueIcaRash for their contributions!!

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