A Critical Forum on Media and Culture
A Critical Forum on Media and Culture
How TV Met Narrative Sophistication
by: Craig Jacobsen / Mesa Community College
That atypical narrative strategies now appear, without fanfare, in successful if unremarkable mainstream broadcast shows demonstrates that television may be ready to fulfill its potential as a sophisticated narrative medium.
The Best of Television: The Inaugural Flow Critics’ Poll
by: Jason Mittell / Middlebury College
And the winner is…
24: Jumping the Shark Every Minute
by: David Lavery / Middle Tennesse State University
24, a show that experiments radically with the nature and form of televisuality, has taken “shark-jumping” to a new level.
“Israeli Idol” Goes to War: The Globalization of Television Studies
by: Sharon Shahaf / University of Texas at Austin
Kohav Nolad, Israel’s version of “Idol,” illustrates the dialectic between local and global trends in TV as the program transforms itself in a time of war.
Don Knotts: Reluctant Sex Object
by: Heather Hendershot / Queens College
Heather Hendershot explores Don Knotts’ unique on-screen sexual persona.
by: Mark Andrejevic / University of Iowa
Commercial broadcasting has, from its inception, been about monitoring viewers; this is why the history of the ratings industry has become entwined with that of military and police surveillance.
The Curious State of Live TV
by: John Tomasic / The University of Paris-Dauphine
With new technologies providing access to “realness,” the novelty of live television may be wearing off.
Playing in the Technological Sandbox
by: Rochelle Rodrigo / Mesa Community College
On the value of “play” in the course of implementing new technologies in the classroom.
by: Marnie R. Binfield and Jean A. Lauer / FLOW Staff
A Supplement to The Velvet Light Trap issue on Authorship: An interview with student filmmakers and screenwriters who also teach filmmaking at the University of Texas.
Is It Live or Is It Real?: Live Television's Shrinking Significance in Modern Life
By: Jeffrey Johnson / Michigan State University
Are the excitement and spontaneity of live television really gone or have they just adopted a different form?
Where the Boys Are: Postfeminism and the New Single Man
By: Diane Negra / Brown University
In films such as Wedding Crashers and Failure to Launch, the emergent “problem” single man offers an opportunity to think about the nature and function of postfeminist masculinities in current popular culture.
By: L.S. Kim / University of California, Santa Cruz
We’ve seen people trade spaces and trade spouses on television to varying degrees of success, exploitation, and humor. But is it actually possible to trade races? The new program, Black. White., puts this question to the test.