A Critical Forum on Media and Culture
A Critical Forum on Media and Culture
Awaken the Giant Within — He’s Hungry!:
Anthony Robbins and the Enterprising Self
by: Gareth Palmer / University of Salford
An investigation of Robbins’ human potential movement and how it is perfectly aligned with the project of governmental self-formation to shape our conduct in ways that match those of dominant authorities and agencies.
Special Features on Flow Needs You!
by: Jean Lauer and Special Features Editors
Do you have ideas to share with the readers of Flow? Flow’s 5th Volume is here, and we’re always looking for the next Special Feature.
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Read moreThe Best of Television: The Inaugural Flow Critics’ Poll
by: Jason Mittell / Middlebury College
And the winner is…
Wasn’t That Show Cancelled? – The Increasing DVD Phenomenon
by: Nichola Dobson / Independent Scholar
The expectation seems to be emerging that at the end of any series, or season, the show will be distributed and sold on DVD.
Reality TV Is Undemocratic
by: Mark Andrejevic / University of Iowa
In its broadest sense, the term “democratic” is invoked to indicate that the public has been given a choice of some sort, or even more generally that it has been provided with the opportunity to “participate.” Are the limited forms of engagement that Reality TV provides truly “democratic”?
Television and the Practice of “Criticism”
by: John Corner / University of Liverpool
How contemplating criticism for television calls into question the very nature of criticism itself.
Rethinking Meaning Making: Watching Serial TV on DVD
by: Amanda Lotz / University of Michigan
The rapid rise of TV on DVD prompts us to rethink and reexamine television audiences.
lonelygirl15: The Pleasures and Perils of Participation
by: Michael Z. Newman / University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee
The Internet has been the site of a zillion hoaxes, so what is so special about lonelygirl15?
24: Jumping the Shark Every Minute
by: David Lavery / Middle Tennesse State University
24, a show that experiments radically with the nature and form of televisuality, has taken “shark-jumping” to a new level.
Hate, Dislike, Disgust, Distemper, and Distaste
by: Jonathan Gray / Fordham University
Television viewers often define themselves just as strongly by what they dislike as by what they like. Can television studies attempt to account for taste?