Skip to content

Flow

A Critical Forum on Media and Culture

A Critical Forum on Media and Culture

  • Home
  • ABOUT FLOW
  • CONTRIBUTE
    • How to Contribute
    • CURRENT CALLS
  • CREDITS
    • AUTHORS
    • EDITORIAL TEAM
    • TECHNICAL CREDITS
    • FORMER EDITORS
  • OVER*FLOW

Category: 18.05

Reactions toward disliked in-group media figures: The role of ethnicity on perceived social appearance
Adolfo R. Mora / The University of Texas at Austin

August 27, 2013 Adolfo R. Mora / FLOW Staff Leave a comment

Through a qualitative content analysis of 30 student essays from a Southwest Texas University, this article decoded the socio-psychological distance between audiences and in-group ethnic media figures based on disliked social appearance.

Read more

The Black TV Crisis and the Next Generation
Aymar Jean Christian / Northwestern University

August 27, 2013 Aymar Jean Christian / Northwestern University 4 comments

A consideration for race in contemporary television.

Read more

Tavi Gevinson and the Possibilities of Girls’ Popular Feminism
Jessalynn Keller / Middlesex University (London, UK)

August 27, 2013 Jessalynn Keller 2 comments

A close look at Tavi Gevinson, founder of Rookie Magazine and female teen feminist.

Read more

Shamefaced: Reframing the Dove Real Beauty Sketches
Li Cornfeld / McGill University

August 26, 2013 Li Cornfeld / McGill University One comment

The Dove campaign’s ostensible feel-good message fails to mask the project’s cruelty: like publicly-released mugshots, the Dove portraits are mediated public shaming devices.

Read more
Flow is a critical forum on media and culture published by the Department of Radio-Television-Film at the University of Texas at Austin. Flow’s mission is to provide a space where scholars and the public can discuss media histories, media studies, and the changing landscape of contemporary media.

Search Flow:

Archives

Over*Flow: Responses to Breaking TV & Media News

Over*Flow: “'It's Not Dark Humor If It's Not Your Trauma - You're Just Bad People': The Exploitive Nature of TikTok Meme Cultures
Moa Eriksson Krutrök / Umeå University, Sweden

Over*Flow: The Costs of Hope in The Chair and The Bold Type
Kelly Coyne / Northwestern University

@FlowTV Conversations…

@FlowTVFollow

FLOW
FlowTVFLOW@FlowTV·
7h

Sarah E.S. Sinwell details how one art house cinema continues to adapt to the pandemic while serving its local community. @sinwelleffect

Read more at:
https://www.flowjournal.org/2022/05/portrait-of-an-art-house-during-a-pandemic-part-2/

Reply on Twitter 1527650363645472769Retweet on Twitter 15276503636454727692Like on Twitter 15276503636454727694Twitter 1527650363645472769
FlowTVFLOW@FlowTV·
19 May

Maggie Hennefeld discusses efforts to curate 99 silent films spotlighting early film feminism, and discusses the challenges of navigating the early feminist film archive. @magshenny

Read more at:
https://www.flowjournal.org/2022/05/cinemas-first-nasty-women/

Reply on Twitter 1527287968771317760Retweet on Twitter 152728796877131776012Like on Twitter 152728796877131776030Twitter 1527287968771317760
FlowTVFLOW@FlowTV·
18 May

Helen Wheatley discusses the recent proliferation of afterlife-themed television shows and how creators navigate multiple conceptions of "post-death experience." @hmwheatley

Read the full article at:
https://www.flowjournal.org/2022/05/persistence-of-the-soul/

Reply on Twitter 1526925573255307266Retweet on Twitter 15269255732553072667Like on Twitter 152692557325530726623Twitter 1526925573255307266
Load More...

Popular Posts

  • The Devil in the Details: User Tracking Is Hurting More Than Our Privacy, It’s Doing Serious Damage to Public-Interest Media, Too.
    Josh Braun / UMass Amherst
    February 22, 2019 272 comments
  • Pass the Remote: Online News

    June 10, 2005 196 comments
  • Legal Fictions

    June 10, 2005 143 comments
  • Why Do I Love Television So Very Much?

    March 9, 2007 99 comments
  • Watching Everybody Hates Chris in Brazil
    Reighan Gillam / University of Michigan
    March 5, 2013 96 comments

Tags

Academia Advertising American Politics Celebrity/Stardom Comedy Commercial Interests Communication Technology COVID-19 Criticism Family Fandom Femininity Feminism Gender Globalization Global Media Global Politics Industry Media Influence Music Netflix New Media News Over*Flow Pedagogy Pop Culture Public Media Race/Ethnicity Radio Reality TV Representation social media streaming Technology Television UK Viewing Volume 23 Volume 24 Volume 25 volume 26 Volume 27 Volume 28 Whiteness Youth Culture