Calling “Action” in the GoldieBlox Franchise Derek Johnson / University of Wisconsin – Madison
A discussion of the complicated gender politics of the new GoldiBlox “action figure” and its marketing campaign.
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Oh Snap! Stop Shaming the Sext Jacqueline Ryan Vickery / University of North Texas
A discussion of online privacy and photo sharing in the aftermath of the Snapchat hack.
Read moreThe “Comedy of Exasperation” and Satire TV in the Obama Era
Nick Marx / Colorado State University
A consideration of how satire TV in the Obama era has come to embody and channel a “comedy of exasperation.”
Read moreMarathon Viewing E.R.: Rewatching Television’s Greatest Prime-Time Serial
R. Colin Tait / Texas Christian University
Binders Full of Women: A Feminist Meme to Bind them All
Samantha C. Thrift and Carrie A. Rentschler / University of Calgary and McGill University
An analysis of the feminist memetics of Binders Full of Women.
Read moreEveryone Supports the Open Internet*: Media Regulation and the Hegemony of Market Logics
Karen Petruska / University of California, Santa Barbara
Assessing the status of media regulation in the United States from pop culture understandings to FCC proceedings.
Read moreTyrant, Representation and Moral Judgement Matt Sienkiewicz / Boston College
An examination of both the depiction of Arabs in FX’s Tyrant and the moral position of academics to critique such depictions in the first place.
Read moreThe Untold Story of the Original, Factory-Produced, Horror/Exploitation VHS Collector David Church / Indiana University
Dr. David Church provides an insightful glimpse into the world of VHS collectors.
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