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“Streaming Wars and the Future of Video,” It’s Not What You Think…
Siobhan O’Flynn / University of Toronto

March 2, 2020 Siobhan O'Flynn / University of Toronto 4 comments

Siobhan O’Flynn critically analyzes how Netflix and The Walt Disney Company have employed specific strategies for their respective streaming platforms.

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#NotMyAriel: Safe Race-Swapping and the Casting of a Black Woman as Fish
Shearon Roberts / Xavier University of Louisiana

September 16, 2019 Shearon Roberts / Xavier University of Louisiana 5 comments

With the casting announcement of Halle Bailey as Ariel in Disney’s live-action adaptation of The Little Mermaid, Shearon Roberts analyzes the recent history of race-swapping in Disney films.

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Synergy of Attractions: Disney’s Not-So-Secret Weapon to Take on Netflix
Casey Walker / University of Texas at Austin

July 2, 2018 Casey Walker / University of Texas at Austin 5 comments

Casey Walker explores how Disney is using synergy between its content library and its theme parks as it prepares to launch a new streaming service to compete with Netflix.

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There’s a Place for Us: Finding a Home for Theater in Media Studies
Peter C. Kunze / University of Texas at Austin

July 27, 2016 Peter C. Kunze / Eckerd College One comment

Peter C. Kunze proposes greater consideration for theater within media studies, especially in an age of convergence and conglomeration.

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Textual Object
Nicholas Sammond / University of Toronto

February 27, 2016 Nicholas Sammond / University of Toronto 2 comments

In this post, Nicholas Sammond continues his discussion of teaching Disneyland as text. Using Lefebvre, he illustrates the value of space for discerning and analyzing textuality in the classroom.

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Textual Object
Nicholas Sammond / University of Toronto

November 23, 2015 Nicholas Sammond / University of Toronto One comment

Nicholas Sammond considers Disneyland as a text, engaging the amusement park as a textual (and intertextual) object and narrative in relation to Bakhtin’s concept of heteroglossia, in order to expand notions of textuality and its study.

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Cinema’s Disruptive Audiences, Beyond the Multiplex
Dr. David Church / Indiana University

March 1, 2015 David Church / Indiana University Leave a comment

An examination of social comportment within different cinema spaces and the role of audience behavior in shaping the moviegoing experience.

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Over*Flow: “It’s Not Steroids, It’s Testosterone!”: Deconstructing Gender and Sex in Bros (2022)
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"Blonde is a Kind of Person": A Cultural History of the Dumb Blonde
Kelly Coyne / Northwestern University

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20 Sep

New in Over*Flow: @renherold and @cinefeminism examine the deconstruction of cis gay masculinity in the 2022 semi-satirical gay rom-com Bros, reassessing its "bad object" status. Read more here: https://www.flowjournal.org/2023/09/over-flow-gender-sex-bros/

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16 Aug

NOPE is about the eye of the camera, but also Black defiance of it. Read Sophia Abbey's brief but excellent piece at @FlowTV, "Gazing Upwards: Spectacle, Surveillance, and Resistance in Nope." #OpenAccess
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2 May

Happy Tuesday, and happy Volume 29.07 release day! The final issue of Flow in the spring features work from @baker_r_r, @Naledgesince82, @caitmckinney, @MichaelSocolow, and Michele White! Read the full issue here: http://flowjournal.org

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7 Apr

TGIF!! Celebrate by reading vol. 29.06-up on the site now. Thx to @jenholt13 @rebeccasholt @kevindriscoll and @TrueIcaRash for their contributions!!

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