A Tear for Sarah Jane – A Feminist Aca-Obit
Hannah Hamad / Massey University
Hannah Hamad memorializes Elisabeth Sladen as feminist and postfeminist icon in the Doctor Who series.
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A Tear for Sarah Jane – A Feminist Aca-Obit
Passing Through or Hanging On to E-text
Julia Lesage / University of Oregon
Julia Lesage reflects on a sense of “fickleness” brought about by new modes of consumption based on her own behavior reading literature on the iPad.
Read moreMuseums, Social Media and the Possibility of Canonizing Online Life
Konrad Ng / University of Hawai’i at Mānoa
A discussion of the role of social media in producing public exhibition spaces for Asian American and Pacific Islander communities.
Read moreUndateable: Some Reflections on Online Dating and the Perversion of Time
Lucas Hilderbrand / University of California, Irvine
Lucas Hilderbrand examines how online dating alters traditional notions of romantic temporality.
Read moreThe Hills, Jersey Shore, and the Aesthetics of Class
Amanda Ann Klein / East Carolina University
This column argues that the aesthetics of The Hills and Jersey Shore condition the viewer’s reception, inviting them to see each program’s performance of class and ethnicity as being tied to specific notions of taste and cultural capital.
Read moreAn Eye for an Eye: Remakes and Repression
Janani Subramanian/University of Southern California
Janani Subramanian examines stylistic distinctions in film remakes, noting the cultural, narrative and stylistic contrasts between contexts of production.
Read more“Let’s Get Stinko”: Melodrama and the Mundane in Todd Haynes’s Mildred Pierce
Lisa Coulthard / University of British Columbia
An exploration of melodrama and the mundane in Mildred Pierce.
Read moreLines in the Sand: Media Studies and the Neoliberal Academy
Hollis Griffin / Colby College
Hollis Griffin critiques the neoliberal academy’s influence on media scholarship.
Read moreAn Interview with Big Brother Guest Ragan Fox
Ann Johnson / Cal State University, Long Beach
Ragan Fox, professor and Big Brother Season 12 contestant, speaks about his experiences with “haters” and the portrayal of gay identity.
Read more‘Liveness’ and ‘Sharedness’ Outside the Box
Graeme Turner / University of Queensland
Graeme Turner asks, “What exactly is television for the multi-platform user?”
Read moreGene Kelly, Volkswagen, and Posthumous Performance
Kelli Marshall / University of Toledo
Twitter users react strongly to the Volkswagen ad featuring posthumous performances by Gene Kelly and Donald O’Connor.
Read moreThe Myth of Classlessness in Apple’s “Get a Mac” Campaign
Randall Livingstone / University of Oregon
Randall Livingstone challenges the myth behind the “Get a Mac” ads.
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