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From Crazy Rich Asians to Netflix: The “Rebirth” of Romantic Comedies
Katherine E. Morrissey / San Francisco State University

November 4, 2019 Katherine E. Morrissey / San Francisco State University 5 comments

Katherine E. Morrissey explores the evolution of the romantic comedy and its audience since the 1980s in order to understand the contemporary “rebirth” of these films.

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The Gamification of Television? Bandersnatch, Video Games, and Human-Machine Interaction
Ryan Stoldt / The University of Iowa

November 4, 2019 Ryan Stoldt / University of Iowa 2 comments

Ryan Stoldt compares and contrasts interactive television film Black Mirror: Bandersnatch and video game Until Dawn to draw out how the formal elements of seemingly similar media can result in different types of audience engagement.

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Getting in Synch with Music Videos
Laurel Westrup / University of California, Los angeles

November 4, 2019 Laurel Westrup / University of California, Los Angeles One comment

Rather than policing the boundaries of what constitutes a visual album, Laurel Westrup examines what is quintessential to the music video form using The Lumineers’ “Gloria” as a key text. 

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Cord-Cutting Here, Untethering There: One Social Consequence of Cord-Cutting
Matthew Dewey / University of California, San Diego

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While the industry frames cord-cutting as a “life hack,” Matthew Dewey considers the social consequences that cord-cutting has on a city’s cable franchise fee.

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Market Commentary: Teaching Capitalism
Kit Hughes / Colorado State University

November 4, 2019 Kit Hughes / Colorado State University One comment

Kit Hughes explores the influence and implications of midcentury NYSE-sponsored training films for everyday stock market investors.

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From Catchphrase to Single: Examining Megan Thee Stallion’s “Hot Girl Summer”
Danielle Williams / Georgia Gwinnett College

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As “Hot Girl Summer” has officially come to a close, Danielle Williams traces the evolution of a catchphrase into a branding strategy for freshman rapper Megan Thee Stallion.

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Syndication 201: Syndication Is Dead. Long Live Syndication.
Taylor Cole Miller / University of Georgia

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In the first installment of a three-part series, Taylor Miller breaks down the intertwined economic and industrial practices of TV syndication.

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To Each Their Own Ad: Nielsen and the Addressable Future of Linear TV
Jennifer hessler / Bucknell university

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Jennifer Hessler discusses how Nielsen’s new machine learning systems are leading the drive to make linear TV addressable and what this means for the future of broadcasting.

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In "Welcome to Wrexham and Representations of Management in Football (Soccer) as a Product of the “Media Sports Cultural Complex”" Andrew Stubbs-Lacy explores representation & construction of management in football with a focus on Welcome to Wrexham. Read: http://tinyurl.com/4z7wkuk8

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Dr. Roderik Smits explores various factors affecting what constitutes “fair pay” in the film and television industries. Read it here: http://tinyurl.com/mrn5wv9v

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Gerald Sim critiques Big Tech’s lobbying strategies against antitrust legislation, arguing that companies use technoliberal narratives, racialized imagery & nationalist rhetoric, such as the “China Argument,” to manipulate public opinion and more. http://tinyurl.com/ycka7652

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.@mediated1 argues that advertising’s integration of AI media technologies is not driven by natural market tendencies but from systemic commodification & political-economic forces, analyzed through the Political Economy of Media & Communications framework. http://tinyurl.com/3yajfcmb

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