A Critical Forum on Media and Culture
A Critical Forum on Media and Culture
Jennifer Porst charts the challenges and benefits of establishing media production hub cities.
Read moreFrancesca Sobande and Jenessa Williams explore the intersections of sports and popular music, highlighting the dynamics of celebrity culture, para-social relationships, and the impact of these pairings on cultural politics. Examples include the relationship between Taylor Swift and NFL player Travis Kelce and the presence of NBA player Jimmy Butler in a Fall Out Boy music video, illustrating how these cross-industry connections influence marketing, fan engagement, and cultural representation.
Read moreCourtney Brannon Donoghue considers gender (and race) at the Oscars through the lens of Barbie’s Oscar “snubs.”
Read moreBranden Buehler considers the kitsch and local specificity of NBA League Pass in-arena feeds.
Read moreRahul Mukherjee reviews some recent trends in media distribution studies.
Read moreMacintosh explores trans joy through the body horror genre and the Willem Koller-helmed independent film Nest.
Read moreFrancesca Sobande explores emo’s nostalgic resurgence, raising questions about authenticity, youth culture, mythologization, and the role of industrial and commercial activities in shaping the genre.
Read moreRahul Mukherjee analyzes India’s VoD growth, focusing on localization, distribution practices, telecom bundling, local CDNs, and audience data dynamics in streaming.
Read moreBaker discusses hope and despair in the face of climate crisis as manifest in science fiction media narratives, focusing on Pixar’s WALL-E (2008), Philip K. Dick’s Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep (1968), and Rosaura Sanchez and Beatrice Pita’s Lunar Braceros: 2125-2148 (2019).
Read moreDr. Cait McKinney reflects on the heteronormativity of popular discourse on Artificial Intelligence (AI)-powered chatbots.
Read moreDr. Michael Socolow recounts how television coverage of the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago ignited discussion about the accuracy of television reporting, in addition to raising questions about how viewers interpret TV news.
Read moreDr. Michele White shows how feminist forms of close reading are a productive method for studying digital media and culture.
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