Truth and Beauty
by: Christopher Anderson / Indiana University
Perhaps it’s time to focus a bit more of our attention on the technology, industry, and visualization strategies of medical imaging.
“Big Man on Campus Ladies”
by: Walter Metz / Montana State University
Metz discusses the Oxygen TV show Campus Ladies and the so-called outrageous collegiate lives, the politicization of academia and the “vitriol reserved at this moment of American culture for professors.”
Micro-Ethnographies of the Screen: Sundance 2006
by: Dan Leopard / St. Mary’s College of California
A discussion of the small screens, Sundance, and the future of independent film distribution.
Merging With Diversity, or, Got MLK?
by: Jonathan Gray / Fordham University
Will the upcoming merger between the WB and UPN networks result in the whitewashing of what little African American programming network television has mustered thus far?
“Ad”ing by Subtraction
by: Chandler Harriss / Alfred University
How do you know you’re “too old” for advertisers (and therefore networks) to cater to you? Perhaps when you’re at home on Saturday night….
Lessons from the Undead: How Film and TV Zombies Teach Us About War
by: Heather Hendershot / Queens College
How zombies are used to make potent anti-war statements.
Public Radio Redux
by: Tom McCourt / Fordham University
Despite the availability of public radio in new forms, and the changing focus of programming, radio’s primary strength remains its status as the most local of media.
The Allusions of Television
by: David Lavery / Middle Tennessee State University
TV’s taking a bad rap within the halls of the academy. Here are a few reasons why it’s not just a “vast wasteland” for the literarily challenged.
War, “Incendiary Media,” and International Law (Part III)
by: John Nguyet Erni / City University of Hong Kong
The conclusion of a series on media intervention, this column questions the ways that media intervention and re-development has been practiced in post-conflict Iraq.
Producers, Publics, and Podcasts: Where Does Television Happen?
by: Derek Kompare / Southern Methodist University
An investigation of the tangled creative relationship between fans and the television industry in the age of the internet.
Spouse Exchanges: I Know the Perfect People ”¦
by: Megan Mullen / University of Wisconsin-Parkside
Is the families selecting process to participate in reality TV showing American entertainment preferences? Are you and your family eligible?
Why Accurate Audience Measurement is Worth the Trouble
by: Elliot Panek / Emerson College & former FLOW Staff
Perhaps we’ll never have totally accurate answers to our “who’s watching and why” questions, but that doesn’t make the search for these answers any less worthwhile.