Immigration in the News
Carolyn E. Brown / American University
A comparative look at immigration reporting in Spanish- and English-language TV news
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Immigration in the News
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
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 moreThreat or Treat: Film, Television, and the Ritual of Halloween
A critical look at the cult of Halloween and its appropriation by the horror industry.
Ernest Mathijs / The University of British Columbia
Read moreSports Media: Tensions and Transitions
With a special introduction by Harper Cossar / Georgia State University
Read moreBiting Off Your Long Tail: Ruminations on Animal Planet
Adrienne L. McLean / University of Texas – Dallas
A consideration and critique of Animal Planet and its various programming.
Read moreSpecial Issue CFP – Sports Media: Tensions and Transitions
Call for Papers for October’s Special Issue on Sports Media
Read moreSXSW: Vote for FlowTV’s Panels
Flow Editorial Staff
Help Flow by voting for our panels in the 2010 SXSW interactive conference.
Read moreFieldnotes from a Rock Band Bar Night
Kiri Miller / Brown University
Performance ethnography: a critical look at the collaborative and social aspects of playing Rock Band.
Read moreSex and the Postsocialist City
Anikó Imre / University of Southern California
A thinkpiece on the reception of postfeminist television shows in Hungary.
Read moreMixed Martial Arts’ Burgeoning Wild Kingdom
Matthew Ferrari / University of Massachusetts-Amherst
A look at masculinity and the primal in the Ultimate Fighting Championship and mixed martial arts.
Read moreThe Making of My Mothering Movie: Birthright
Celine Parreñas Shimizu / UCSB
A new film explores the complex mix of the emotion, politics, and personal obligations of motherhood.