7.03 – Flow

Television, Film and Creative Labor

December 6, 2007 David Hesmondhalgh / University of Leeds 4 comments

An examination of labor and class in the fields of television and film.

Technofetishized TV: CSI, Bones, and ReGenesis as Science Fiction Television?

November 16, 2007 Rochelle Rodrigo / Mesa Community College 8 comments

Contemporary science fiction series question the bounds of the genre and the rise of infallible technology.

Missing in Time: Madeleine McCann and the Media

November 16, 2007 Karen Lury / University of Glasgow 6 comments

How Madeleine went missing in an inundation of media coverage.

Huntsman v. Soderbergh and Copyright Law

November 16, 2007 Christopher Jordan / St. Cloud State University 2 comments

How companies such as Cleanflix and Clearplay have led to new interpretations of copyright law and fair use.

Darkly Dreaming of Dexter: If Loving Him Is Wrong I Don’t Want To Be Right

November 16, 2007 Bambi Haggins / Arizona State University 12 comments

An analysis of the appeal of the eponymous anti-hero in Showtime’s black comedy/crime drama “Dexter.”

Post-Closet Television
Ron Becker / Miami University

November 16, 2007 Ron Becker / Miami University 6 comments

Discusses the changing representations of gay and straight men in “post-closet” network television as well as the ideological implications of this new era.