Spinning off, crossing over
Orientalized Masculinities in Contemporary Australian Cinema
Jane Park / The University of Sydney
An investigation of Asian masculinities in Little Fish and Japanese Story.
Read moreStrategies of Innovation in ‘High-End’ TV Drama: The Contribution of CableÂ
 Trisha Dunleavy / Victoria University of WellingtonÂ
Are You Smarter Than a Cuban Customs Official?: Reassessing Cuba’s Commercial Television Influence in Latin America
 Yeidy M. Rivero / Indiana University – Bloomington Â
Yeidy Rivero introduces and explores the history of Cuban Television, which remains largely inaccessible to television and media scholars.
Read more“You Can be Dead but You’re Never Really Deadâ€: Six Feet, Six Inches Under
Peter Lehman / Arizona State University & Susan Hunt / Santa Monica College
by Peter Lehman / Arizona State University -Tempe & Susan Hunt / Santa Monica College
A look at sex and the body guy in life and death on the television series Six Feet Under.
Read moreStrat-O-Matic and the Baseball Tarot: Sense and Synchronicity in Sports and Games
Ted Friedman / Georgia State University – Atlanta
A look at chance in Strat-O-Matic baseball, and what it has to tell us about gameplay in general.
Read moreOn the Digital Music Wars: Where Are We Now?
Patrick Burkart / Texas A&M University
This essay asks and attempts to answer the question, “In our waning economy, what is the future of the digital music industry?”
Read moreFacebook and the Return of the Repressed, or Watching Political Comedy on a Social Network
Ethan Thompson / Texas A&M – Corpus Christi
An examination of the personalized nature of political videos on Facebook.
Read more“Pain can be controlled: you just disconnect itâ€: Terminating Public Access Television
Jonathan Nichols-Pethick / DePauw University
A call to action to save public access television.
Read moreRage Against the Machine: Does The Sarah Connor Chronicles Have a Future?
Heather Hendershot / Queens College/CUNY Graduate Center
Can a thoughtful, if depressing, sci-fi spinoff make it through its second season?
Read moreMinding the Gap: Barack Obama and the Demise of Representational Politics
Ingrid Hoofd / National University of Singapore
Read more10 Years Younger: The Women Deemed ‘Too Old’ For TV
Lisa W. Kelly/ University of Glasgow
An analysis of the replacement of host Nicky Hambleton-Jones with the younger Myleene Klass on British series 10 Years Younger.
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