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Cinema’s First Nasty Women (Or, How to Record a Celebrity Video Intro)
Maggie Hennefeld / University of Minnesota

May 16, 2022 Maggie Hennefeld / University of Minnesota 2 comments

Maggie Hennefeld discusses efforts to curate 99 silent films spotlighting early film feminism, and discusses the challenges of navigating the early feminist film archive.

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LAW AND ORDER AND TV CRIME: FIGHTING FOR NARRATIVE CONTROL ON THE RADIO CRIME SITCOM
Catherine Martin / Denison University

March 14, 2022 Catherine Martin / Denison University 5 comments

Catherine Martin describes the dynamics of power and gender in the way actors and producers used their voices in detective radio shows.

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Tape Trading Professional Wrestling and the History of TV Distribution
Eleanor Patterson / Auburn University

December 4, 2020 Eleanor Patterson / Auburn University 2 comments

Using professional wrestling as a case study to analyze unofficial broadcast distribution, Eleanor Patterson analyzes the role of tape trading and fan communities to the circulation of pro-wrestling media.

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Over*Flow: New Year’s Eve in front of the TV, 1959: What was on, why does it matter, and where can I see it?
Kit MacFarlane / University of South Australia

January 1, 2020 Kit MacFarlane / University of South Australia One comment

Kit MacFarlane cross-references television archives to recreate and analyze the primetime schedule of New Year’s Eve 1959.

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Media(ted) Archives: The Politics of Saving & Making Media Histories
Lamiyah Bahrainwala / Southwestern University

October 29, 2018 Lamiyah Bahrainwala / Southwestern University One comment

Lamiyah Bahrainwala reflects on FLOW 2018’s “Media(ted) Archives: The Politics of Saving & Making Media Histories” roundtable and the need to rethink “bad archives.”

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Cataloging Authorship:Mad Men at the Harry Ransom Center
Kate Cronin / UT Austin

July 30, 2018 Kate Cronin / University of Texas at Austin 6 comments

Kate Cronin takes the Mad Men collection at the Harry Ransom Center as a case study to consider the role archives and archivists play in constructing critical conceptions of contemporary television authorship.

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Saving New Sounds: Podcasts and Preservation
Jeremy Wade Morris / University of Wisconsin-Madison

February 26, 2018 Jeremy Wade Morris / University of Wisconsin-Madison 3 comments

Jeremy Wade Morris explores the oddities and challenges that podcasts present as digital objects.

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#TrumpIsRight: The Paradox of Digital Database Histories and Collective Memory
Eric Hahn / New York University

October 24, 2016 Eric Hahn / New York University 3 comments

Eric Hahn explores how user-generated digital databases complicate our understanding of the nature of reportage, history, and news coverage.

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Primary Sources, Primary Sounds: The Radio Preservation Task Force of the Library of Congress 
 Josh Shepperd / Catholic University 

May 18, 2015 Josh Shepperd / Catholic University 2 comments

In this Special Issue, Josh Shepperd outlines the directives and goals of the Radio Preservation Task Force of the National Recording Preservation Board with the Library of Congress.

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"Blonde is a Kind of Person": A Cultural History of the Dumb Blonde
Kelly Coyne / Northwestern University

Fan Demographics on Archive of Our Own
Lauren Rouse & Mel Stanfill / University of Central Florida

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22 Mar

New in Over*Flow: @kellymcoyne examines cultural anxiety and ambivalence around the "dumb blonde" stereotype in "Blonde is a Kind of Person": A Cultural History of the Dumb Blonde. Check it out! https://www.flowjournal.org/2023/03/cultural-history-dumb-blonde/

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Monday, Flow day!! Volume 29.05 is now live on the website. ! Head on over to http://flowjournal.org to read the first installment of work by @bimmbles , @trilliz, @kingisafink, @influencerlabor, and @westemilye!

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New in Over*Flow: @rouselaurenc and @melstanfill present the results of a survey of users of popular fan fiction hosting site http://archiveofourown.org, providing updated statistics on fan fiction readers and writers. https://www.flowjournal.org/2023/02/fan-demographics-on-ao3/

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