The End
Cynthia Chris / College of Staten Island, CUNY
How should a TV series end? A look at the final episodes of Battlestar Galactica and ER.
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I’m a Loser, Baby
Christine Quail / McMaster University
An exploration of the value contemporary audiences place on the losers of competitive reality television shows.
Read moreHouse, FB: A Consideration of Convergence Marketing
Jacqueline Vickery / Flow Staff
Looking at House and Facebook as an example of convergence marketing.
Read moreWhale Wars: A Deeper Shade of Green on the Public Screen
Chris Russill / University of Minnesota
A look at Animal Planets’s Whale Wars and the sensational media tactics involved.
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Julia Lesage / University of Oregon
Julia Lesage / University of Oregon
A look back on the presentation of torture in a 2005 episode of Criminal Intent
Read moreAurally, Visually, Virally: Choreographing Race From Fosse to Beyoncé
Priscilla Peña Ovalle / University of Oregon
An examination of the racialized bodies in “Meixican Breakfast” and its derivations.
Read moreP2P TV: Ethical Considerations
Michael Z. Newman / University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
An examination of the ethical considerations circulating around p2p file sharing.
Read moreBlogotheques and Black Cabs: Popular Music and Urban Place
Ben Aslinger / Bentley College
An examination of the intersection of music and performance in the urban setting and new media.
Read moreLife on Mars as Seen From the United States: The Cultural Politics of Imports and Adaptations
Serra Tinic/ The University of Alberta
Serra Tinic considers the transplantation of the UK police series Life on Mars to the US setting.
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Jeffrey Sconce / Northwestern University
90s comedy and the contemporary inversion.
Read moreThe Right to Play: Youth, Video Gaming, and the Law
Carly A. Kocurek / University of Texas – Austin
Can some video games be too violent for minors? Not according to a recent California court ruling.
Read moreCrowdsourced Advertising: How We Outperform Madison Avenue
Daren C. Brabham / University of Utah
Large companies are turning to Web users for ad content, but sometimes they get more than they bargain for.
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