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Crossing the Sonic Color Line: TV Voiceover Narration in Never Have I Ever
Crystal Camargo / Northwestern University

April 5, 2021 Crystal Camargo / Northwestern University Leave a comment

Crystal Camargo grapples with how the cultural specificity of Mindy Kaling’s Netflix comedy Never Have I Ever is diluted by the sonic whiteness of the show’s narrator, John McEnroe.

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Listening to a Train of Thought: Voice Memos as Alternative to Discussion Board Posts
Juan Llamas-Rodriguez / University of Texas at Dallas

March 15, 2021 Juan Llamas-Rodriguez / University of Pennsylvania 2 comments

After discussing the dreaded weekly discussion post assignment, Juan Llamas-Rodriguez considers the voice memo as a suitable alternative.

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Synchronizing Song and (Diegetic) Sound in Music Videos
Laurel Westrup / University of California, Los Angeles

May 4, 2020 Laurel Westrup / University of California, Los Angeles Leave a comment

Laurel Westrup examines several contemporary popular music videos to understand how sound design deepens audience engagement with the video’s diegetic world beyond the basic narrative of the song’s lyrics.

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Punk, Disco, Porn—The Deuce ’77—Part 3
Matthew Tchepikova-Treon / The University of Minnesota

May 24, 2019 Matthew Tchepikova-Treon 11 comments

In his third piece on HBO’s The Deuce, Matthew Tchepikova-Treon explores the role of pornography, music, and the female body in the show’s second season.

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Voices from Below: Storytelling Podcasts and the Politics of Everyday Life
Andrew J. Bottomley / SUNY Oneonta

October 2, 2017 Andrew J. Bottomley / SUNY Oneonta 2 comments

Andrew J. Bottomley considers Radio + Love, a non-narrated podcast that gives voice to individuals that are typically marginalized or subcultural but does little to challenges the shortcomings of neoliberalism.

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A Sound History of Gender and Radio in South America 
 Christine Ehrick / University of Louisville 

May 19, 2015 Christine Ehrick / University of Louisville One comment

In this column for the Radio Preservation Task Force with the National Recording Preservation Board of the Library of Congress Special Issue, Christine Ehrick examines gendered soundspaces in the history of radio in South America.

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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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