A Critical Forum on Media and Culture
A Critical Forum on Media and Culture
An examination of the role of the celebrity sex tape in today’s reality TV landscape.
Read moreA close look at the sexual politics of the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi.
Read moreThrough the focus on the private lifestyles of stars as their claim to fame, tabloids frame “ordinariness” itself as an idealized yet impossible position for all women.
Read moreAn examination of network TV comedy representations and critiques of the meritocratic ideal, with a focus on The Office.
Read moreReading the media spin on Oprah’s handbag scandal of 2013.
Read moreA look at Priyanka Chopra’s rise in media prominence.
Read moreAn aesthetic comparison of video footage documenting Joseph Kittinger and Felix Baumgartner’s space jumps.
Read moreA critical examination of the interdependencies of natural and cultural resources, coordination of networked infrastructure, and subjectivities formed in their spaces.
Read moreA discussion of American Horror Story: Coven and its “shocking attractions.”
Read moreKerry Hegarty examines role of the young female protagonist in the Gothic horror films of Mexican director Carlos Enrique Taboada.
Read moreThe Coke controversy reminds us that ads produce meaning beyond their promotion of products
Read moreA consideration of actors’ untimely deaths and the role of mourning in fandom.
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