Teaching Friday Night Lights
R. Colin Tait / Texas Christian University
The uniqueness of Friday Night Lights as a teaching tool far beyond the text.
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Teaching Friday Night Lights
The Cost of Convenience: Exclusive Licensing and Subscription Video On Demand
Karen Petruska / University of California, Santa Barbara
As television audiences become fragmented, questions regarding distribution of content are legion.
Read moreI Am The One Who Acts: Breaking Down Bryan Cranston’s Breaking Bad Performance
R. Colin Tait / Texas Christian University
The author arguments that television acting needs to be taken seriously within the context of television’s commercial and critical resurgence.
Read moreRanking Archer
Matt Sienkiewicz / Boston College
A psychoanalytic look into Archer.
Read moreStasis, Change, and Televisual Comic Book Film Franchising
Derek Johnson / University of Wisconsin-Madison
A look into Marvel’s film franchises and which heroes appeal to markets.
Read moreFlow Favorites: Seeing in Spanish: The Nat King Cole Show
Herman Gray / University of California in Santa Cruz
David Murray’s reinterpretation of Nat King Cole prompts me to rehear The Nat King Cole Show, especially in the context of black televisual presence in today’s digital platforms.
Read moreProstitution or Oprah: The Impact of Dichotomous Images of Black WomenMary Vanderlinden/Averett University
Mary Vanderlinden shares the results of her study on the influence of televisual portrayals of professional women on college-age African American women.
Read moreKnow Your Audience: The Quest for Digitally Addressable Systems in India
Shanti Kumar/University of Texas at Austin
An interrogation of the continued quest for digitally addressable systems in India.
Read moreIt’s a Myth So Let’s Blow It Up: The Pleasures of Mythbusters
Janet Staiger / University of Texas at Austin
A look at what makes the scientific inquiries of Mythbusters so enjoyable.
Read moreHow London Responded to Beijing in the 2012 Olympics Opening Ceremony Fan Yang / University of Maryland, Baltimore County
A consideration of London’s 2012 Olympic Opening Ceremony alongside Beijing’s 2008 Ceremony.
Read moreSatellite TV Smackdown: Viacom vs. DirecTV
Stephen Tropiano / Ithaca College
Stephen Tropiano examines the showdown between Viacom and DirecTV.
Read more“Choice Fatigue,” Community and the Mutations of Television
Graeme Turner / University of Queensland
An Australian scholar relates his experience of “choice fatigue” while visiting and viewing cable programming in the United States, and examines whether expanded choice limits the role of television in communities and nations.
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