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Living Life in TiVo Time

October 21, 2005 Robert Schrag / North Carolina State University 4 comments

by: Robert Schrag / North Carolina State University
Robert Schrag examines how the proliferation of highly individualized and instantly gratifying technology like TiVo leads to the fracturing of various realities and interpersonal time and space.

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Cybernetic TV

October 21, 2005 Mark Andrejevic / University of Iowa 2 comments

by: Mark Andrejevic / University of Iowa
An exploration of the ways in which “interactive” television “adjusts on the fly” to meet the needs of programmers and viewers.

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Krebs, Recycled

October 21, 2005 Daniel Marcus / Goucher College One comment

by: Daniel Marcus / Goucher College
Remembering Bob Denver as Maynard G. Krebs, a rebellious figure in early television. He was a beatnik icon for suburban youths who dreamed of upsetting accepted morals and conventions.

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Exchanges of Value

October 21, 2005 Jason Mittell / Middlebury College 4 comments

by: Jason Mittell / Middlebury College
In today’s digital media environment, what’s an episode of Veronica Mars really worth?

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Feeling Blue: Katrina, The South, and The Nation

October 21, 2005 Tara McPherson / University of Southern California 6 comments

by: Tara McPherson / University of Southern California
A consideration of regional politics in Katrina coverage.

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Marriage as the New Trend

October 21, 2005 Moya Luckett / New York University 6 comments

by: Moya Luckett / New York University
Marriage and motherhood seem to be both desirable and scarce for women in today’s current television programs. Examples are found in such shows as Desperate Housewives, My Fair Brady, Breaking Bonaduce and others.

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Reconsidering the Technological Limitations and Potential of Large Format

October 21, 2005 Mary L. Nucci / Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey 2 comments

by: Mary L. Nucci / Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey
An examination of the state of IMAX film and how digital remastering of Hollywood films may affect the format.

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"Blonde is a Kind of Person": A Cultural History of the Dumb Blonde
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New in Over*Flow: @kellymcoyne examines cultural anxiety and ambivalence around the "dumb blonde" stereotype in "Blonde is a Kind of Person": A Cultural History of the Dumb Blonde. Check it out! https://www.flowjournal.org/2023/03/cultural-history-dumb-blonde/

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Monday, Flow day!! Volume 29.05 is now live on the website. ! Head on over to http://flowjournal.org to read the first installment of work by @bimmbles , @trilliz, @kingisafink, @influencerlabor, and @westemilye!

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New in Over*Flow: @rouselaurenc and @melstanfill present the results of a survey of users of popular fan fiction hosting site http://archiveofourown.org, providing updated statistics on fan fiction readers and writers. https://www.flowjournal.org/2023/02/fan-demographics-on-ao3/

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