The Weigh-in as National Money Shot
Jennifer Fremlin / Huntingdon College
How weight-loss shows function in a manner similar to pornography, though with an added spectacle of shame.
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A Critical Forum on Media and Culture
How weight-loss shows function in a manner similar to pornography, though with an added spectacle of shame.
Read moreKathleen Collins / John Jay College, CUNY
An examination of how the host of the televised cooking show has evolved over the history of the medium.
Read moreRochelle Rodrigo / Mesa Community College
Advertising that urges you to stop fast-forwarding through commercials in order to keep up with transforming narrative franchises.
Read moreAn examination of franchises dominating children’s television and Norway’s national success with Captain Sabertooth.
Read moreKaren Lury / University of Glasgow
Christopher Jordan / St. Cloud University
The fine line between piracy and free speech.
Read moreBambi Haggins and Anna Jonsson / University of Michigan
Musings on the nature of TV fandom.
Read moreAn examination of the links between consumerism and online virtual worlds aimed at children.
Read moreRon Becker / Miami University
Horribly Guilty Television: HGTV and the Promotion of America’s Ownership Society
Read moreJoshua Green / MIT
Audiences are reacting to networks using the same business model in new viewing environments.
Read moreJoan Hawkins / University of Indiana, Bloomington
Members of an avante-garde artists’ collective are brought before the Grand Jury and investigated on the charge of bio-terrorism.
Read moreJennifer Holt / UCSB
NBC’s Ben Silverman has launched a successful “infront” and made self-dealing expected–even non-controversial–in the current business climate.
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