A Critical Forum on Media and Culture
A Critical Forum on Media and Culture
In Part Two of his Three Part series on HBO’s The Deuce, Matthew Tchepikova-Treon examines the role of disco within the context of class and late 1970s New York City.
Read morePaul Reinsch discusses the intricacies of audience interaction with official—and unofficial—film soundtrack albums.
Read morePaul Reinsch explores the complicated definition of soundtracks, and its meaning for the media industries more widely.
Read morePaul Reinsch explores the unacknowledged cultural significance of soundtrack albums.
Read moreAnthony P. McIntyre lays the groundwork for future investigations into the cultural phenomenon that is “sonic cute.”
Read moreTheodore Yurevitch examines the band Gorillaz and their 2017 music video for “Hallelujah Money,” focusing on the implications of hyper-mediation and how life might still go on in an increasingly post-human world.
Read moreCarol Vernallis investigates the state of campaign music in the 2016 Presidential election, asking why is there so little musically or audiovisually rich content this cycle?
Read moreBritta Hanson examines the politics of cross-dressing and gender-bending performance on the popular show Lip Sync Battle, which ultimately contains such performances and reifies heteronormative gender roles.
Read moreA continuation of looking closely at photography of rock stars.
Read moreBeyond DRM
by: John McMurria / DePaul University
With the divide growing between consumer groups, global corporations, government agencies, and end users, there are increasing calls for genuine change in the way digital music is disseminated. Is the time right for compulsory licensing as a viable alternative?
Let’s Get Small: The Year When the Record Industry Broke and Listeners Became Crazy, Mixed Up, Downloading, File-Sharing Freaks
by: Tim Anderson / Denison University
As digital music sources expanded both their catalogues and user bases in 2005, music distribution continues its shift from the record store to the download store.
The Cost of Not Selling Out
by: Tom McCourt / Fordham University
In an age when TV ads are the new radio, what does it take to avoid selling out?