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Category: 3.08

Stripping (Part 1)

December 16, 2005 Daniel Marcus / Goucher College 4 comments

by: Daniel Marcus / Goucher College
Several dramatic series have gained popularity and success through the process of being stripped for syndication. Stripping what was originally a weekly show offers viewers a different experience, allowing them to watch a new episode every day.

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Intellectuals

December 16, 2005 Toby Miller / University of California, Riverside 3 comments

by: Toby Miller / University of California, Riverside
Why intellectuals don’t appear very often on U.S. news.

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An Arresting Development

December 16, 2005 Jason Mittell / Middlebury College 10 comments

by: Jason Mittell / Middlebury College
What can the cancellation of Arrested Development tell us about the present and future state of the television industry?

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What Color Is Your Scholarship?

December 16, 2005 Tara McPherson / University of Southern California 2 comments

by: Tara McPherson / University of Southern California
A look at academia’s slow adoption of new technologies for its own work.

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Playboy Feminism? Hugh Hefner and The Girls Next Door

December 16, 2005 Moya Luckett / New York University 6 comments

by: Moya Luckett / New York University
The Girls Next Door plays with significant ideological contradictions as it tries to address the prevailing popularity of the Playboy bunny image with a new generation of women while trying to remove any taint of sexual exploitation from its girls.

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Devils in the Details

December 16, 2005 Christine Becker / University of Notre Dame Leave a comment

by: Christine Becker / University of Notre Dame
HDTV and the future of television — what are the possibilities?

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What a Long, Bad Trip It’s Been

December 16, 2005 Mark Andrejevic / University of Iowa One comment

by: Mark Andrejevic / University of Iowa
The voyeurism and surveillance of MTV’s One Bad Trip become inverted after the first season, leaving audiences to wonder; who’s watching, and who’s performing?

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@rahul_mukh explores the infrastructures and services underpinning the shift to mobile streaming in India. Discover more here: https://www.flowjournal.org/2023/11/streaming-indias-neomobile-audiences/

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In the final column of Flow 30.2, Lauren Steimer discusses the unacknowledged dangers of on-set stunt work. Read more here: https://www.flowjournal.org/2023/11/accident-the-true-dangers-of-stunt-work/

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Maggie Rossman's look at audience reception of the film Barbie demonstrates that even simplistic feminist discourse can lead to complicated affective responses. Read the article here: https://www.flowjournal.org/2023/11/becoming-the-barbie-spectator/

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This year (and all years), Flow is thankful for the hard work of our columnists, who share their exciting scholarship with us, and our @UTRTF grad student volunteers, without whom our issues would never be published. Thanks to all who support Flow! Read the latest issue here:

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This issue has everything — OTT infrastructure, sports management, stunt labor, speculative design, and Barbie! Check out the fantastic articles by @Courtney_BD, @rahul_mukh, Branden Buehler, Brianna Dym, Margaret Rossman, and Lauren Steimer here: http://flowjournal.org

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