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Amanda D. Lotz / University of Michigan

Amanda D. Lotz is an assistant professor of Communication Studies at the University of Michigan. She has published articles in Critical Studies in Media Communication, Feminist Media Studies, Communication Theory, Journal of Broadcasting and Electronic Media, Television & New Media, Screen, Journal of Popular Film and Television, and Women and Language. Her first book, Redesigning Women: Television After the Network Era explores the rise of female-centered dramas and cable networks targeted toward women in the late 1990s as they relate to changes in the U.S. television industry. She is currently working on a book that explores the effects of the institutional redefinition of the U.S. television industry since the 1980s on the medium's role as a cultural institution.

TV or Not TV?: A Recap of the Final Core Conversation from Flow 2014
Amanda Lotz / University of Michigan

September 28, 2014 Amanda D. Lotz / University of Michigan Leave a comment

Dr. Amanda Lotz summarizes some of the current issues as well as the current possibilities of the television industry, as discussed during the third Core Conversation of the 2014 Flow Conference.

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The Persistence of Television
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January 13, 2014 Amanda D. Lotz / University of Michigan 4 comments

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Rethinking Meaning Making: Watching Serial TV on DVD

September 22, 2006 Amanda D. Lotz / University of Michigan 5 comments

by: Amanda Lotz / University of Michigan
The rapid rise of TV on DVD prompts us to rethink and reexamine television audiences.

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Lost Generation

July 7, 2006 Amanda D. Lotz / University of Michigan 2 comments

by Amanda Lotz / University of Michigan
How today’s network television depicts (or fails to depict) the changing lives of Generation X.

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How Network Branding, Promotion and Scheduling Determine the Success or Failure of Network Shows

April 28, 2006 Amanda D. Lotz / University of Michigan 5 comments

By: Amanda D. Lotz / University of Michigan
How network branding, promotion and scheduling determine the success or failure of network shows.

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