A Critical Forum on Media and Culture
A Critical Forum on Media and Culture
Laurel Westrup examines the partnerships and production constraints of various music videos to illustrate its collaborative creative labor.
Read moreJennifer Hessler discusses how television’s recurring trope of rigged ratings has shaped our cultural memory of Nielsen.
Read moreAccording to Netflix, Adam Sandler dominated the platform in 2019. Danielle Williams breaks down his success by looking at the numbers.
Read moreThe second installment of his three-part series sees Taylor Miller consider the implications of edits made to syndicated TV programs on their textuality and reception.
Read moreKit Hughes explores the cable industry’s dual missions to uphold quality programming for children while pushing for deregulation.
Read moreInterrogating audiences’ ability to share ideological interpretations of interactive texts, Ryan Stoldt argues people’s cultural tastes impact the range of questions they will encounter through interactive texts.
Read moreKatherine E. Morrissey explores how the recent successes (and failures) of Crazy Rich Asians and To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before illustrate two emerging distribution strategies for rom-coms within the increasingly global media market.
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