Just Add Performance
Kiri Miller / Brown University
Exploring the industry effects and phenomena of “musicking” of the video games Rock Band and Guitar Hero.
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Gertrude Berg, “Yoo-Hoo, Mrs. Goldberg,” and the Re-Discovery of a Television Auteur
Bernard M. Timberg / University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill
A revisitation of the iconic early television series The Goldbergs.
Read moreThe Making of My Mothering Movie: Birthright
Celine Parreñas Shimizu / UCSB
A new film explores the complex mix of the emotion, politics, and personal obligations of motherhood.
And the winner of Britain’s Got Talent is . . .
Lisa W. Kelly / University of Glasgow
A look at some of the issues raised by Britain’s Got Talent including the emotional labor of both audiences and contestants and advertising revenue on television and the internet.
Justice Is a Bitch: On Damages as a Liberal Revenge Fantasy
Lucas Hilderbrand / University of California, Irvine
An analysis of FX’s Damages as a program about law “out-of-order,” enacting a liberal revenge fantasy through Glenn Close’s character, Patty Hewes.
Read moreNo Rerun Nation: Canadian Television and Cultural Amnesia
Serra Tinic/ University of Alberta
An examination of how the absence of reruns of Canadian programming on Canadian television effects Canadian nostalgia and national memory.
Read moreWhen Satellites Fall: On the Trails of Cosmos 954 and USA 193
Lisa Parks / UC Santa Barbara
What happens when falling satellites become high profile events.
Read moreTowards a Typology of Dance TV Contestants
Christine Quail / McMaster University
A consideration of the varying motivations inspiring dancers to audition for So You Think You Can Dance Canada.
Read moreGypsy Stars in the New Europe
Aniko Imre / University of Southern California Los Angeles
A discussion of Gypsy musicians, reality, and television stars in New Europe
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An Introduction to the Social Media Special Issue
Read moreShooting for Fame: The (Anti-) Social Media of a YouTube Killer
Michael Serazio / University of Pennsylvania
A consideration of high school shooters and their use of video, the internet and social media as anti-social media.
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