Snaring a Global Television Audience: The Case of Survivor
Survivor Goes Global: The Political Economy of an International Reality Hit
Read moreHow to Monetize Friends and Influence Distribution: Lessons from Four Days at NATPE
Panic at NATPE 2008 betrayed the conference’s recurring party line of optimism.
Read moreRock History and Visual Culture
An examination of the relationship between popular music and visual images from the “Golden Age” of Ed Sullivan to the retro archive/D.I.Y. venue that is YouTube.
Read moreConfessions of a Television Academic in a Post-TV World
Perhaps I should come straight out with it – and I’m not proud about this – I don’t watch television very much at all.
The DTV Tsunami Approaches
An examination of the implications for democracy of the coming transition from analog to digital television.
Read moreBreeding Our Way Out of Trouble? Children of Men and Lost
Examines the ideological implications of pregnancy in Lost and Children of Men.
Read moreDarkly Dreaming of Dexter, Part 2: Sympathy for the Devil
Further exploration of the strange appeal and relatability of the serial-killer sociopath hero of Dexter.
Watchin’ the Noggin: For-Profit/Non-Profit Co-ventures and Children’s Television
Might hybrid models find further purchase and progressive potentials in media sectors outside the sphere of preschool television?
The Hidden Cost of Virtual Sociability
Virtual worlds enable the formation of vibrant, distributed communities — but what might be the effects?
1001 Arabian Plights: On Persistent Media Denigration
A critical look at the ways in which Arabs and Muslims are represented in American media.
Pardon the Competition: ESPN Turns Sports Talk Into a Game
How commentary is the new competition on ESPN’s most popular sports talk shows.
From Irrelevance to On-Demand: Changing Models of Dissemination
Innovative Internet distribution models in music and television strike back against Big Media hegemony.