A Critical Forum on Media and Culture
A Critical Forum on Media and Culture
Hate, Dislike, Disgust, Distemper, and Distaste
by: Jonathan Gray / Fordham University
Television viewers often define themselves just as strongly by what they dislike as by what they like. Can television studies attempt to account for taste?
Meet the Dead – Live!: Paranormal Programming
by: Yvonne Tasker / University of East Anglia
An exploration of the recent paranormal trend in television.
Leader of the Pack: The Charisma of The Dog Whisperer
by: Mary Desjardins / Dartmouth College
The Dog Whisperer might be telling us just as much about the gendered behavior of humans as it does how to control the behavior of our four-legged companions.
Where the Boys Are: Postfeminism and the New Single Man
By: Diane Negra / Brown University
In films such as Wedding Crashers and Failure to Launch, the emergent “problem” single man offers an opportunity to think about the nature and function of postfeminist masculinities in current popular culture.
Micro-Ethnographies of the Screen: The Last Screen on Earth
By: Dan Leopard / University of Southern California
How photographs connect us with the imagined consciousness of the photographer.
Do Good TV?
by: Laurie Ouellette / Queens College, CUNY
ABC’s programming shifts toward “do-good” reality shows. What can explain ABC’s foray into the helping culture?
Rating the Runway: Project Runway and New York Fashion Week
by: Moya Luckett / New York University
Project Runway is an example of how recent reality television shows rely on viewer responses to help construct the narrative. the show maintains a distinct textual presence while they advocate viewer participation, play with the idea of permeable and non-permeable textual boundaries and highlight the different ways in which we can access ‘the real world.’
by: Heather Hendershot / Queens College
How zombies are used to make potent anti-war statements.
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.
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?
Speaking to Each Other at Last? The Ghost of TV Past, Present and To Come…
by: John Hartley / Queensland University of Technology, Australia
A look backwards at the role of television scholarship reveals some insights about where we can go from here, as well as the roads not travelled.
On The Set With Degrassi: The Next Generation ~ There’s Something to Be Said for Passion
by: Sharon Ross / Columbia College Chicago
Cast, crew, and personal perspectives on teen TV that matters.