4.07 – Flow

The Curious State of Live TV

June 16, 2006 John Tomasic / University of Paris-Dauphine 4 comments

by: John Tomasic / The University of Paris-Dauphine
With new technologies providing access to “realness,” the novelty of live television may be wearing off.

Lost in an Alternate Reality

June 16, 2006 Jason Mittell / Middlebury College 4 comments

by: Jason Mittell / Middlebury College
What can the online game “The Lost Experience” teach us about cross-media storytelling and expectations? Is this the future of television?

Micro-Ethnographies of the Screen: Classical Baby

June 16, 2006 Dan Leopard / St. Mary's College of California Leave a comment

by: Dan Leopard / St. Mary’s College of California
Part of screen series; discussion of media and the baby spectator, HBO’s “Classical Baby” DVD, how to raise a smart, discerning little person. Adorno; mass culture; baby’s place in it…

(TV)antipathy: A Prolegomena to the Metaphysics of Television Hating, Part Two

June 16, 2006 David Lavery / Brunel University 3 comments

by: David Lavery / Middle Tennesse State University
Part Two of Two–An evolving commentary on the critical tendency to love-to-hate TV.

Is New News Better Than No News?

June 16, 2006 Jonathan Gray / University of Wisconsin - Madison 4 comments

by: Jonathan Gray / Fordham University
While traditional television news shows are stumbling in their efforts to inform and engage the public, a new crop of innovative news programs offers hope for the future of the form.

Foucault TV

June 16, 2006 Dana Polan / New York University 3 comments

by: Dana Polan / New York University
What does it mean when a Foucault text shows up in The West Wing finale, besides a “TIVo moment for critical theorists?”