Flow

by: Craig Jacobsen / Mesa Community College
It isn’t hard to imagine a future in which broadcasting serves the role of advertising and secondary revenue stream for the primary medium: complete seasons of episodes packed for sale on DVD or for download.

by: Alan McKee / Queensland University of Technology
Why it’s best to stick to shows with singing, dancing, or, preferably, both.

by: Ray Cha / Independent Scholar
Part two of three in a series describes a control or possibly “on demand” nature more important than a effeciently planned experience and delivery of “television.”

by: Gareth Palmer / University of Salford
Television’s engagement with surveillance of all kinds is fashioning a productive shame, reproducing models of ever more restricted “outer-focused” identities.

by: Mary Beltrán / University of Wisconsin-Madison
Ugly Betty: Are beauty and worthiness equated with whiteness?

by: Michele Byers / Saint Mary’s University
How does Dexter compare with network-series CSI? The programs have similar themes and topics, but different in tones and humor, perhaps associated with network/non-network programming.

by: Lynne Joyrich / Brown University
Is watching television (whether alone or with others) good for you? Lynne Joyrich examines the constructions of the self and the familial, and their implications for TV viewers, in shows from Dexter to Ugly Betty.

by: Shanti Kumar / University of Texas-Austin
With a limited but growing pool of experienced talent that is increasingly becoming adept in the use of animation and special-effects technologies, the Indian animation industry is looking both inward and outward for business and creative opportunities.