Vampire Politics
Reading the Southern politics of the opening credits for HBO’s True Blood.
Michael Peterson / University of Wisconsin, Laurie Beth Clark / University of Wisconsin and Lisa Nakamura / University of Illinois
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Television Celebrity: Extras and the Cultural Value of TV Fame
James Bennett / London Metropolitan University
James Bennett examines Ricky Gervais, Extras, and the show’s meta-textual mediation on television celebrity.
Read moreDAD TV – Postfeminism and the Paternalization of US Television Drama
Hannah Hamad / Massey University
A look at the rise in father figures and the importance of paternity in TV drama series.
Read moreThe Last Days of Videotape
Charles R. Acland / Concordia University
An argument for the significance of the videotape as a lively and important object of academic research.
Read moreMedia Event 2.0: Guy Laliberté’s Final Frontier
Zoë Druick / Simon Fraser University
The confluence of edutainment, celebrity philanthropy, popular environmentalism, post-cold war neo-liberal politics, and the media event in Guy Laliberte’s space tourism.
Read moreFlashForward: Pacing and Script
Julia Lesage/ University of Oregon
An analysis of FlashForward‘s techniques to keep the viewer engaged and even to inspire fan behavior in its audience.
Read moreBET’s Baldwin Hills: Injecting Race and Class into the Projective Drama
Amanda Klein / East Carolina University
A look at BET’s Baldwin Hills, a reality drama that effectively straddles the line between projective drama and rhetorical document.
Read more Hung in America
Peter Lehman/Arizona State University & Susan Hunt / Santa Monica College
Despite this strong affirmation of the well-hung body guy, Hung lays down the basis of a serious critique, one that at the conclusion of the first season may be a lost opportunity.
Read moreTall, Dark, and America: Latino Authenticity and Appropriation in General Market Television
Esteban del Río / University of San Diego
A discussion of the tensions between authenticity and appropriation in contemporary representations of Latinos in U.S. television.
Read moreThe Power of “Chitchat” : Global Talk Show, Beauty Chatter
Jiwon Ahn / Keene State College
A look at global femininity in the South Korean talk show Beauty Chatter.
Read moreEthnic Rock Stars and Asian American Stereotypes: Will the real Ajay Bhatt stand up?
Shilpa Davé / Brandeis University
A consideration of the implications of Intel’s “Rock Stars” ad campaign.
Read moreLearning with Lily Allen: Copyright Criminals or Complexity and Confusion?
Tama Leaver / Curtin University of Technology
A discussion of the confusion surrounding anti-piracy policy and a look at why even pop stars can’t seem to figure it out.
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