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  • Work Songs: Tiny Desk Concerts Reimagines Music Video and Public Radio
    Eric Harvey / Grand Valley State University

    Eric Harvey examines the shifts in live music consumption with a focus on the evolution of NPR’s Tiny Desk Concerts.

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  • Streaming Power: How Netflix and Amazon are Reshaping Global Geopolitics
    Swapnil Rai / University of Michigan

    Swapnil Rai explores how streaming giants like Netflix and Amazon shape diplomacy, narratives, and policy, positioning themselves as cultural power brokers beyond national borders in an era of digital media dominance.

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Volume 31, Issue 5

Work Songs: Tiny Desk Concerts Reimagines Music Video and Public Radio
Eric Harvey / Grand Valley State University

March 26, 2025 Eric Harvey / Grand Valley State University

Streaming Power: How Netflix and Amazon are Reshaping Global Geopolitics
Swapnil Rai / University of Michigan

March 26, 2025 Swapnil Rai / University of Michigan

*Most Recent Issues*

31.04

The Return of Global Sisterhood? The Transnational Journey of the 4B Movement on TikTok
Jinsook Kim / Emory University

February 19, 2025 Jinsook Kim / Emory University
Dream re-stages the Pixar logo

“What Sort of Dreams Should We Be Making?”: Pixar Creative Culture and the Crisis of Disney+
Ben Rogerson / Texas Tech University

February 19, 2025 Ben Rogerson / Texas Tech University

Just Pretend: Elvis Girlies, Social Media and Embodied Play
Eleanor Patterson / Auburn University

February 19, 2025 Eleanor Patterson / Auburn University

Across-the-Line: The Invisible Labor and Cultural Mechanics of Hollywood’s Entry-Level Workforce
Kiah Bennett / Muhlenberg College

February 19, 2025 Kiah Bennett / Muhlenberg College

31.03

Automated for the People
Gerald Sim / Florida Atlantic University

December 18, 2024 Gerald Sim / Florida Atlantic University

A Quiet Revolution? Cinema Programming in the Era of Artificial Intelligence
Roderik Smits / Erasmus University Rotterdam

December 18, 2024 Roderik Smits / Erasmus University Rotterdam

Disclaimer, Anonymous Content and single series auteur-directed television
Andrew Stubbs-Lacy / Staffordshire University

December 18, 2024 Andrew Stubbs-Lacy / Staffordshire University

TikTok is Television, Television is TikTok
Michael Z. Newman / University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

December 18, 2024 Michael Z. Newman / University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

Over*Flow

Over*Flow: Effort is Overrated: The Dissonance of AI Integrations with the 2024 Olympic Games
Kathryn Hartzell / University of Texas at Austin

January 29, 2025 Kathryn Hartzell / University of Texas at Austin

Kathryn Hartzell examines the integration of Artificial Intelligence into the 2024 Summer Olympics and how this endeavor clashes with values surrounding sports, performance, and equality.

Over*Flow, Martha Stewart as Influencer

Over*Flow: Martha Stewart’s Star Persona and the 21st-Century Influencer
Emma Ginsberg / Georgetown University

February 14, 2024 Emma Ginsberg / Georgetown University
Over*Flow: Trans Joy and Body Horror

Over*Flow: Trans Joy and Body Horror in Emerging Trans Cinema
Paige Macintosh / Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington

January 24, 2024 Paige Macintosh / Te Herenga Waka – Victoria University of Wellington
Over*Flow: Birth is Violent

Over*Flow: “Birth is Violent”: Television’s Response to Post-Roe Reproductive Politics
Reut Odinak / Boston University

December 20, 2023 Reut Odinak / Boston University
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30 Jan

New Over*Flow! Kathryn Hartzell examines AI Olympic Ads from Summer '24, identifying a dissonance in the ads' narratives that highlight tensions around AI's relationship to creativity, concerns over increased precarity in media industries & more. Read at http://tinyurl.com/mr2rzzeh

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Michael Z. Newman explores the convergence of TV & TikTok, arguing that the platform embodies television’s fragmentary logic & attention-driven economy, transforming late night shows like After Midnight into viral, internet-native content.

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Andrew Stubbs-Lacy's column examines Alfonso Cuarón’s Disclaimer on AppleTV+, exploring how its production and promotion as a “cinematic” auteur-driven series reflect broader industry strategies. Read it here: http://tinyurl.com/yc6cckya

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Roderik Smits explores how AI is shaping the landscape of film programming and distribution.

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