Lines in the Sand: Media Studies and the Neoliberal Academy
Hollis Griffin / Colby College
Hollis Griffin critiques the neoliberal academy’s influence on media scholarship.
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An Interview with Big Brother Guest Ragan Fox
Ann Johnson / Cal State University, Long Beach
Ragan Fox, professor and Big Brother Season 12 contestant, speaks about his experiences with “haters” and the portrayal of gay identity.
Read more‘Liveness’ and ‘Sharedness’ Outside the Box
Graeme Turner / University of Queensland
Graeme Turner asks, “What exactly is television for the multi-platform user?”
Read moreGene Kelly, Volkswagen, and Posthumous Performance
Kelli Marshall / University of Toledo
Twitter users react strongly to the Volkswagen ad featuring posthumous performances by Gene Kelly and Donald O’Connor.
Read moreThe Myth of Classlessness in Apple’s “Get a Mac†Campaign
Randall Livingstone / University of Oregon
Randall Livingstone challenges the myth behind the “Get a Mac” ads.
Read moreOur Robots, Ourselves
Daren C. Brabham / University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
An exploration into the perceptions of non-humanoid robots in media and the evolution of AI.
Read moreFear Factor: Fun, Freedom and Foreignness on Burmese TV
Andrew King / Consumer Research and Communications Consultant
King reminisces about his first-hand experience detailing how Burmese audiences react to the U.S. reality television show, Fear Factor.
Read moreThe Curious Case of Benjamin Sniddlegrass and the Cauldron of Penguins
Tama Leaver / Curtin University
Tama Leaver investigates the evolution of a podcast movie joke (“Benjamin Sniddlegrass and the Cauldron of Penguins”) into a full-blown cultural phenomenon and DIY film.
Read moreBlack Guy Corner: What the Upfront Photos Say about the State of TV, Part 3
Cindy Conaway and Sheila Marie Aird / SUNY Empire State College
This article, the third and final installment in a series, critically examines race in the television networks’ “upfronts,†and consider fears about miscegenation within the context of casting and ratings success. This article continues to interrogate the question of whether or not the television industry reinforces hegemony through the images used to promote these shows.
Read moreDigital Rhetoric and Circulation of Protest: The Banlieue Riots Turn Five
Jayson Harsin / The American University of Paris
Harsin offers perspective on current scholarship about political unrest in Africa by offering a case study of media framing of the French “banlieue” riots of 2005.
Read moreR.I.P., F.N.L.
Janani Subramanian / University of Southern California
The final season of Friday Night Lights has concluded on DirecTV but will be resurrected in April, 2011, on NBC. This column is equal parts clear eyes and full heart in delivering the show’s eulogy.
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Julia Lesage / University of Oregon
A consideration of how the iPad and other new media products facilitate on-screen reading and change the face of both academic research and leisure time.
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