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Work Songs: Tiny Desk Concerts Reimagines Music Video and Public Radio
Eric Harvey / Grand Valley State University

Eric Harvey examines the shifts in live music consumption with a focus on the evolution of NPR’s Tiny Desk Concerts.

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Streaming Power: How Netflix and Amazon are Reshaping Global Geopolitics
Swapnil Rai / University of Michigan

Swapnil Rai explores how streaming giants like Netflix and Amazon shape diplomacy, narratives, and policy, positioning themselves as cultural power brokers beyond national borders in an era of digital media dominance.

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What a Long, Bad Trip It’s Been

December 16, 2005 Mark Andrejevic / University of Iowa One comment

by: Mark Andrejevic / University of Iowa
The voyeurism and surveillance of MTV’s One Bad Trip become inverted after the first season, leaving audiences to wonder; who’s watching, and who’s performing?

Football Talk

December 2, 2005 Jim McGuigan / Loughborough University, UK 3 comments

by: Jim McGuigan / Loughborough University, UK
Jim McGuigan examines why the ubiquitous presence of football chatter in the UK is a crucial source of pleasurable release.

Broadcasting Is Dead, Long Live Broadcasting

December 2, 2005 John McMurria / DePaul University 5 comments

by: John McMurria / DePaul University
As Internet companies move towards increasing video content they have begun to look to television as a model. What lessons can be learned from the history of broadcast as Internet/TV convergence gains momentum? In 4 case studies of Internet/TV convergence, the issues of access, fair use and public initiatives are explored and critiqued.

Speculation with Spoilers

December 2, 2005 Jonathan Gray / University of Wisconsin - Madison 6 comments

by: Jonathan Gray / Fordham University
It is now possible to discover upcoming plot twists in your favorite television series with a little internet research. How does the proliferation of “spoilers” in online fan communities change the way we understand television spectatorship?

Micro-Ethnographies of the Screen: Flatworld

December 2, 2005 Dan Leopard / St. Mary's College of California One comment

by: Dan Leopard / St. Mary’s College of California
In the second part in his discussion of screens in our daily lives, Leopard considers the implicit training and conditioning of ICT’s virtual and miltary-funded Flatworld Project.

“You Got to Know When to Hold Em”: Notes Against the Academicization of Television

December 2, 2005 Walter Metz / Montana State University at Bozeman One comment

by: Walter Metz / University of Montana-Bozeman
The relentless pressure to be taken seriously must not prevent TV scholars from admitting that on occasion, like the average viewers, they do slack in front of the tube. Metz watches “Poker TV” or even the Simpson’s just for their saccharine appeals and for relaxation purposes.

“AZN Television: The Network for Asian America”

December 2, 2005 L.S. Kim / University of California, Santa Cruz 25 comments

by: L. S. Kim / University of California, Santa Cruz
It’s a good time to consider the emergence, significance, and implications of television targeted towards Asian Americans.