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Reflections on Katrina in Brazil

November 18, 2005 Vicki Mayer / Tulane University 2 comments

by: Vicki Mayer / Tulane University
Vicki Mayer watches New Orleans endure Hurricane Katrina while on sabbatical in the Amazon.

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Editorial: Why The Amazing Race: Family Edition Doesn’t Suck

November 18, 2005 Joanna Slimmer / University of Texas at Austin 8 comments

by: Joanna Slimmer / FLOW Staff
Formal innovations and family drama…Who cares where they go next?

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Comedy is a Woman in Trouble

November 18, 2005 Heather Hendershot / Queens College 9 comments

by: Heather Hendershot / Queens College
Questioning Comedy Central’s fixation on the male audience.

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We Are So Screwed: Invasion TV

November 18, 2005 Derek Kompare / Southern Methodist University 3 comments

by: Derek Kompare / Southern Methodist University
Making sense of the supernatural on prime-time.

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Irony Irony: The Mission (Accomplished) of The Daily Show

November 18, 2005 David Lavery / Brunel University 9 comments

by: David Lavery / Middle Tennessee State University
Sham or not, The Daily Show remains deeply committed to its mission: “truthiness.”

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When I Grow Up I Want to Be a Boy: Transgeneration‘s Meditation on the “Real”

November 18, 2005 Shana Agid / Sarah Lawrence College 3 comments

by: Shana Agid / Sarah Lawrence College
Thoughts on Transgeneration and TV’s quest to create a viable “normal” transgender person.

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War, “Incendiary Media,” and International Law (Part II)

November 18, 2005 John Nguyet Erni / City University of Hong Kong 2 comments

by: John Nguyet Erni / City University of Hong Kong
The second of a three part series on media and warfare from a human rights perspective, this column explores the human rights norms that justify the legality of media intervention.

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The Cost of Not Selling Out

November 18, 2005 Tom McCourt / Fordham University 5 comments

by: Tom McCourt / Fordham University
In an age when TV ads are the new radio, what does it take to avoid selling out?

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