Blogotheques 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.
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Life 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.
Read more“I’m Riding a Panda!”: Japanese Cult Media and Hipster Cosmopolitanism
Martin Roberts / The New School
A consideration of Euro-American subcultural fascination with Japan.
Read more “Weekend Update” and the tradition of new journalism
The decedents of “Weekend Update” proliferate.
Read moreGive Me That Old Time Virality
David Gurney / Northwestern University
Who’s Going to Play Michelle Obama?: Saturday Night Live and Its Lack of Women of Color
Phillip Lamarr Cunningham / Bowling Green State University
A simple dilemma highlights the shows astounding lack of diversity, especially regarding female cast members.
Read morePitchforking Andy Samberg’s Hipster Appeal
Alyx Vesey / Independent Scholar
A look at Andy Samberg’s role as Saturday Night Live’s resident hipster and geek.
Read moreGilda Rader and ‘Jewess Jeans’: Breaking the Jewish Ethnicity Taboo on Network Television
Bernard M. Timberg / East Carolina University
Michael O’Donoghue, SNL, and the Comedy of Cruelty
Evan Elkins / University of Texas-Austin
A look at early Saturday Night Live and the comedy of Michael O’Donoghue.
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