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Michael Curtin / University of Wisconsin-Madison

Four Strategies for Media Reform

June 10, 2005 Michael Curtin / University of Wisconsin-Madison 4 comments

by: Michael Curtin / University of Wisconsin-Madison
Four concrete suggestions for reforming media.

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Reinventing Public Media

April 1, 2005 Michael Curtin / University of Wisconsin-Madison 6 comments

by: Michael Curtin / University of Wisconsin-Madison
A pragmatic approach to the possibility of media reform

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Turning Back the Tidycans

February 4, 2005 Michael Curtin / University of Wisconsin-Madison 16 comments

by: Michael Curtin / University of Wisconsin-Madison
Most evenings my octogenarian, cigar-chomping, father-in-law likes to crank up the TV to full volume, pour a tall one, and settle into his easy chair where he methodically scans the news and talk channels, riding herd on the world from his perch in coastal Georgia.

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Murdoch’s Munificence

December 3, 2004 Michael Curtin / University of Wisconsin-Madison One comment

by: Michael Curtin / University of Wisconsin-Madison
Critics roundly denounce Rupert Murdoch as the most rapacious media baron of the current era, yet few have commented upon the fact that Sir Rupert is also our greatest media philanthropist.

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Media Lag: The TV Revolution in Asia

September 20, 2004 Michael Curtin / University of Wisconsin-Madison 5 comments

by: Michael Curtin / University of Wisconsin-Madison
I’ve traveled to Asia many times…

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10 Nov

Examining South Korea’s rapid economic ascent, Gil-Soo Han reveals how “nouveau-riche nationalism” collides with migrant realities. Centering on the Naju forklift abuse case, he exposes how economic pride and social hierarchy intersect

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Golden M. Owens reinterprets Rosey the Robot as a futuristic Mammy figure, linking domestic servitude, robot etymologies, and animation history to show how racialized labor logics persist beneath the surface of family entertainment.

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Anna Lovatt traces how artists from Mimi Smith to Letícia Parente used television and video to redraw the boundaries between art, media, and everyday life. The column reveals how the “screen age” has transformed drawing

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In his analysis of K-Pop Demon Hunters, Dal Yong Jin challenges theories of “odorless” hybridity, arguing for a politicized model of cultural mixing that keeps local specificity visible while negotiating unequal global media power.

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