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Author: Iain Robert Smith

Collecting the Trash: The Cult of the Ephemeral Clip from VHS to YouTube
Iain Robert Smith / Roehampton University

September 16, 2011 Iain Robert Smith 8 comments

The culture of the clip forms part of a longer history of collecting and re-presenting ephemeral media that is often ignored or forgotten.

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“It’s a Very Curious English Thing”: Failed Pilots for American Remakes of British Television
Iain Robert Smith / Roehampton University

August 4, 2011 Iain Robert Smith 9 comments

The failure of American adaptations of British shows such as Spaced, Red Dwarf and The IT Crowd can be attributed to its lack of success in adapting to the new national context.

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Bootleg Archives: Notes on BitTorrent Communities and Issues of Access
Iain Robert Smith / Roehampton University

June 23, 2011 Iain Robert Smith 10 comments

The BitTorrent communities function as bootleg archives with myriad rare and inaccessible films and reshape our understanding of underexplored areas of world cinema history.

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Over*Flow: “'It's Not Dark Humor If It's Not Your Trauma - You're Just Bad People': The Exploitive Nature of TikTok Meme Cultures
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Stefania Marghitu explores the intersections between gender, genre, and authorship via Rose Matafeo's Starstruck. @DearStefania

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Cara Dickason examines how corporations sell Smart TVs as domestic surveillance technologies through gendered formulas. @CaraDickason

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Isabel Molina-Guzmán discusses how Bridgerton's escapist narrative produces a nostalgia that simultaneously erases histories of racial conflict, generates pleasure in non-white audiences, and maintains white subjectivity. @LaProfaMolina

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