Marshall’s Children
Charles R. Acland / Concordia University
Re-situating Marshall McLuhan in media studies, in light of a new biography by Douglas Coupland.
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Marshall’s Children
Postfeminist Primary Colors: Coding Femininities in Media Culture
Hannah Hamad / Massey University
A discussion of the ways that femininities are conceptualized in postfeminism through color-coding.
Read moreThe D2D Release: Notes on a Burgeoning Market
Amanda Klein / East Carolina University
Direct-to-DVD (D2D) films are often ignored by academic discourse, yet the study of D2D films offers an important contribution to the fields of both reception and genre studies.
Read moreWatching The Masters: Golf Becomes Exciting (In All the Wrong Ways)
Paul Achter / University of Richmond
Paul Achter / University of Richmond
The anti-spectacle nature of the sport of golf is examined in light of two events, the 2010 Masters and the re-emergence of Tiger Woods after his much-publicized sex scandal.
While you were out: The Canadian Media Have Disappeared
Dr. Zoë Druick / Simon Fraser University
The CRTC’s decision to allow private television networks in Canada to sell content to cable and satellite carriers may have broader policy implications.
Read moreTime Wasted
Ernest Mathijs / The University of British Columbia
An investigation of the role of “Free Time” in the formation of cult viewing strategies.
Read moreBuffy Failed: True Blood and the Accommodation of Vampires
Jon Stratton / Curtin University of Technology
An examination of the notion of race in HBO’s True Blood.
Read moreThe Spelling Bee, Model Minorities, and American Citizenship
Shilpa Davé / Brandeis University
A consideration of media narratives of spelling bee winners.
Read more Gourmet Drama: A Tasty Case of Narrating the Nation
Jiwon Ahn / Keene State College
Why has the genre of gourmet drama not translated to American television that nonetheless relishes reality food-based drama?
Read more How Chatroulette Taught Me Everything I Need to Know About the Internet
Tama Leaver / Curtin University of Technology
A consideration of the social networking video chat site Chatroulette as a microcosm of today’s Internet.
Read moreLogorama’s Chaotic Critique of Corporate Rule
Esteban del Río / University of San Diego
Logorama: risky corporate trademark satire or straight product placement marketing via the doctrine of “fair use”?
Read moreFlow Favorites: The Bronze Fonz
Michael Z. Newman / University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Michael Z. Newman’s “The Bronze Fonz” explores not only the relationship between art and popular culture, but between cultural memory and urban space.
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