What a Whirlwind: Showbiz Talk and Political Snark on Chelsea Lately
Ethan Thompson / Texas A&M Corpus Christi
A look at the politics of E!’s Chelsea Lately.
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Degrassi’s Always Greener on the Other Side: Canadian Television, U.S. Handling
Nafissa Thompson-Spires / Vanderbilt University
An analysis of Degrassi censorship practices for a U.S. audience
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Ingrid M. Hoofd / National University of Singapore
An examination of Arundhati Roy’s popularity with the American left-wing as well as her relation to issues of Easterness, Westernness, and digital mediation.
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Jonathan Nichols-Pethick / DePauw University
The Play Paradigm: What Media Studies Can Learn from Game Studies
Ted Friedman / Georgia State University, Atlanta
TV Tears: Learning Through Emotion in Popular Factual Entertainment
Lisa W. Kelly / University of Glasgow
A consideration of the use of open emotion in factual entertainment.
Read moreSo You Think You Can Dance, Canada?: Formatting and Canadian Reality Television
Christine Quail / McMaster University
Commentary on the politics of So You Think You Can Dance, Canada?
Read moreClimate Change Virus Targets Poland! Copenhagen and China next!
Chris Russill / University of Minnesota
What’s an effective strategy for informing people about global warming?
Read more“As Canadian as… Possible under the Circumstances”: Canadian Youth Television in the United States
Nafissa Thompson-Spires / Vanderbilt University
An look Canadian “youth export” television to the U.S.
Read moreUrban Media Practices As Interventions: An Italian Case Study
Michela Ardizzoni / University of Colorado Boulder
The Sounds and the Business of Mobile Music
Ben Aslinger / Bentley College
A consideration of the recent advancements of mobile music technology and convergence.
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Julia Lesage / University of Oregon
Uses the theory of Ricoeur to analyze HGTV’s House Hunters
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