A Critical Forum on Media and Culture
A Critical Forum on Media and Culture
Television’s recent embrace of complex imagery and visual flair has, to some extent, shifted discourses of craft value as new creative possibilities emerge for that medium’s below-the-line professions.
Read moreA detailed account of the narrativization of contestant relationships on the reality show Dancing with the Stars.
Read morePerforming labour that is by its nature literally invisible and at the same time raises issues of transparency, the work of the dubbing actor needs to be understood beyond dogged fixations on dubbing’s supposed lack of originality, and authenticity, as well as the constraining matters of practicality
Read moreAn examination of what limitations the ALMA Awards and similar awards shows have as forums for promoting greater and more meaningful inclusion of Latina/os or other marginalized groups in film and television.
Read moreA discussion of access and media technologies in relation to teaching and scholarship.
Read moreA discussion about how Community encourages the audience to remember a shared past as a way to empathize with characters whose dreams aren’t coming true, yet who keep going anyway.
Read moreA consideration of product placement and native advertising.
Read moreDr. Amanda Lotz summarizes some of the current issues as well as the current possibilities of the television industry, as discussed during the third Core Conversation of the 2014 Flow Conference.
Read moreMichael Kackman outlines the conversation between David Milch, Michael Zinberg, Howard Rosenberg and Dr. Horace Newcomb at the second Core Conversation of the 2014 Flow Conference.
Read moreConference Co-Coordinator Charlotte Howell reflects on opening the call for questions for the 2014 Flow Conference and the new kinds of questions which that helped raise in the roundtables.
Read moreDerek Kompare relates his discussion from the Core Conversation focusing on TV preservation, examining past media within the contemporary media landscape along with the whys and hows of its preservation and access.
Read moreAvi Santo, one of the original founders of the Flow journal and Flow Conference, compares this year’s “unconference” with past incarnations.
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