Celebrity Social GospelMara Einstein / Queens College
How has the concept of social gospel changed since the mid-twentieth century?
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Celebrity Social Gospel
Celebrating Television’s Spotty MemoryJohn W. Jordan / UW-Milwaukee
How will television write its own history of the writers’ strike?
Cybernetic TV
A reprint of Mark Andrejevic’s examination of interactive television.
To Pee or Not to Pee: On the Politics of Cultural Appropriation
A reprint of Brian L. Ott’s essay on cultural appropriation.
Ready, Set, Go! Stopping Time in Its Corporate TracksAnna Beatrice Scott / University of California, Riverside
The flash mob mentality and our perception of time.
Read moreDo Good TV?
A reprint of Laurie Ouellette’s analysis of altruistic reality television.
Intellectuals
A reprint of Toby Miller’s essay on televised intellectualism.
Pass the Remote
A reprint of a Flow piece in which Natalie Cannon, Zak Salih, and Angela Nemecek engage in a debate regarding the HBO program Carnivale.
Awkward Conversations About Uncomfortable Laughter
A reprint of an essay by Henry Jenkins on Sarah Silverman that inspired the most comments in our publishing history.
Don Knotts: Reluctant Sex Object
Don Knotts: the embodiment of sex appeal?
The 2008 Academy Awards… and the Evil Just Outside the Frame
Many of the films featured at this year’s Oscars — including Best Picture winner No Country for Old Men — feature a morally ambiguous conclusion in which the evil still lurks “out there.” What does this say about our contemporary social experience?
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An examination of the narrative strategy and effectiveness of the Chevy “Our Country. Our Truck.” ad campaign.
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