Rachel Maddow, School Marm
Janet Staiger / University of Texas at Austin
How Rachel Maddow plays the role of the “school marm” to get her point across.
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Rachel Maddow, School Marm
It’s a Myth So Let’s Blow It Up: The Pleasures of Mythbusters
Janet Staiger / University of Texas at Austin
A look at what makes the scientific inquiries of Mythbusters so enjoyable.
Read moreSerialization and Genre Expectations: The Case of The Killing
Janet Staiger / University of Texas at Austin
A look at how serialization can affect genre expectation for viewers of The Killing.
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by: Janet Staiger / University of Texas at Austin
I knew something had changed when I called my then-mid-70-year-old mom in Omaha several years ago on a Saturday afternoon before Christmas to ask her about clothing sizes for gifts and she responded: “I can’t talk now. Texas is beating Nebraska for the Big XII Championship.”