Search Results for “Spirit” – Page 4

Informational Infidelity: What Happens When the “Real” News is Considered “Fake” News, Too?
Melissa Zimdars / Merrimack College

December 19, 2016 Melissa Zimdars / Merrimack University 2 comments

Melissa Zimdars examines the public’s distrust of mainstream news reporting, and argues their coverage in fact contributes to this distrust through “information infidelity” – the process of inaccurately or imprecisely copying, reproducing, and/or relaying information that may already be based on questionable or unreliable sources.

It’s the Political Economy Stupid: The Case for Media Industries Studies in an Era of Fake News
Christopher M. Cox / Georgia State University

December 18, 2016 Christopher M. Cox / Georgia State University One comment

Christopher M. Cox argues for a media industries framework to better understand the production, dissemination, and consumption of fake news.

The Scourge of Fake News
Richard Van Heertum / New York Film Academy

December 18, 2016 Richard Van Heertum / New York Film Academy 3 comments

Richard Van Heertum considers the applicability of Marshall McLuhan’s global village, Guy Debord’s society of the spectacle, and Jean Baudrillard’s simulacra/simulacrum to the 2016 American presidential election.

Veteran Activism Against Donald Trump
Ben Schrader / Colorado State University

December 17, 2016 Ben Schrader / Colorado State University Leave a comment

With first-hand experience, Ben Schrader discusses the often underexplored narratives circulating about military veterans, and how some have used the media to offer a counter message.

The Intimate Geographies of Flow
Michael Kackman / University of Notre Dame

September 1, 2016 Michael Kackman / University of Notre Dame Leave a comment

Faculty advisor to the inaugural Flow conference, Michael Kackman, reflects on the importance of place and space for cultivating meaningful engagement and lasting community, and suggests ways for Flow to continue fostering both.

Three Wishes for Flow
Christopher Lucas

September 1, 2016 Christopher Lucas / Trinity University Leave a comment

Remembering Flow’s origins and its objective to challenge the status quo, 2006 coordinator Christopher Lucas proposes three ways for the journal and conference to continue experimenting with interdisciplinarity.

Rethinking Television at the Inaugural Flow Conference
David Uskovich / St. Edward’s University

September 1, 2016 David Uskovich / St. Edward's University Leave a comment

David Uskovich, 2006 conference coordinator, recalls the effort to consider non-mainstream forms of television and media-making at the first Flow conference, and contemplates how we might discuss “radical” forms of television after a decade of technological development.

Legitimating/ed Complexity and Religion in The Leftovers
Kiwi Lanier / University of Texas at Austin

July 26, 2016 Kiwi Lanier One comment

Kiwi Lanier examines the ways in which HBO’s The Leftovers allows an audience with waning participation in organized religion to explore a variety of spiritual attitudes and beliefs in a compelling fictional environment.

“Its Not Just a Doll; It’s a Social Movement”: Investing in Black Toys Then and Now
Avi Santo / Old Dominion University

April 24, 2016 Avi Santo / Old Dominion University 2 comments

Avi Santo examines the representational and rhetorical strategies used by toy companies to produce dolls for African American girls, which emphasize self-love and a broadening of traditional beauty categories to overcome internalized racism, and compares these with the past production and marketing of Black dolls.

Shady is the New Black
Bambi Haggins / Arizona State University

March 28, 2016 Bambi Haggins / Arizona State University 2 comments

Bambi Haggins considers how the “shady” protagonists, Olivia, Annalise, and Cookie, ambivalently challenge previous “Super Negro” televisual representation strategies.

**The Madness of Angeleno Freeways: Auto Mobility, Futurism, and Masculine Desire**
Whitten Overby / Cornell University

February 29, 2016 Whitten Overby / Cornell University One comment

Whitten Overby continues his explorations of the intersections of architecture, technology, and gender in AMC’s Mad Men, this time through the lenses of Futurism, car travel, and the sprawling Los Angeles cityscape.

**Magical Girl as a Shōjo Genre and the Male Gaze**
Coco Zhou / McGill University

February 29, 2016 Coco Zhou / McGill University One comment

Coco Zhou examines the role of the Magical Girl and the male gaze in anime programming typically targeted to young female audiences, such as Sailor Moon and Cardcaptor Sakura, and explores the economic implications of these programs and their intended audiences in Japan as well as the ways in which these programs appeal to male audiences.

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