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“I Can Have It All”: Liz Lemon Negotiates Power, One Sandwich at a Time
A. Vesey and K. Lambert/FLOW Staff
A consideration of the gender politics of 30 Rock and the feminist implications of Liz Lemon’s desire to “have it all.”
Keep on rockin’ in the free (virtual) worlds: Why user-generated content matters
Aaron Delwiche / Trinity University
An investigation of newer virtual spaces and the shift of creative freedom away from users and back to technologists and advertisers.
Read moreInterpreting Exile in Guyville’s Legacy…
Shayla Thiel-Stern / University of Minnesota
A personal reflection on the legacy of Liz Phair’s Exile in Guyville in relation to the 15 year anniversary re-issue of the album.
Read moreInto the Maelstrom with Flavor of Love
Jennifer Fuller / University of Texas – Austin
A critical look at the black, female representation on the reality television show Flavor of Love.
Read moreGaming for the Gal on the Go: Advertising the Nintendo DS Carly A. Kocurek / FLOW Staff
The Nintendo DS is being sold to the Sex and the City generation.
Read moreGeorge Carlin, the Last of the Trinity
Bambi Haggins / University of Michigan
Late-night musings on the last of the original kings of comedy.
Read moreSame As It Never Was: Nostalgia and Children’s TV
Karen Lury / University of Glasgow
In recollection, children’s television emerges as somewhere between speech and writing; and there is something important about that intangibility. Read more
Convergence Comedy: Andy Samberg vs. SNL
Ethan Thompson / Texas A&M – Corpus Christi
SNL goes viral with Andy Samberg.
Read moreLow Stakes TV – The Basic Cable Original Series
Kathleen Battles / Oakland University
Commentary on the simple satisfaction of cable’s low-stakes summer series.
Read moreI Don’t Think We’re In Hollywood Anymore: Television Series Go On Location
Alisa Perren / Georgia State University
A consideration of the way on-location shooting has changed television production.
Spectrum, auctions, airwaves and frequencies: What we can’t see and why we need to
Barbara Crow / York University
Spectrum matters. We need to learn more about how it works and where we can intervene.
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