Afterlife
Denise Bielby / University of California, Santa Barbara
A consideration of actors’ untimely deaths and the role of mourning in fandom.
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Adverstreaming: Hulu Plus
Derek Kompare / Southern Methodist University
An analysis about Hulu’s growth and strategies regarding its streaming service.
Read moreReflections on Actors: Minority Identity Actors in the Creative Industries of Contemporary Britain
Simone Knox / University of Reading
An examination of British minority identity actors
Read moreTabloids, Reality Television and the “Ordinary” Celebrity
Erin Meyers / Oakland University
This article explores reality television celebrity, and the way in which the tabloid magazine and other extra-textual sources have become important to the text of the reality shows from which these stars emerge.
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Michael Z. Newman / University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee
A recap of the 2014 Consumer Electronics Show and its implications for the future of “immersive” media.
Read more‘Your Mom is So Fat…,’ or Talking Politics on the Internet
Hollis Griffin / Denison University
An examination of the causes and effects of discussing politics on the Internet.
Read moreEverything you wanted to know you know on Masters of Sex
Amy Adele Hasinoff / University of Colorado Denver
Part of the appeal of programs like Masters of Sex is nostalgia
Read moreWhy Don’t I Like Breaking Bad?
Kate Warner / University of Queensland
Considers the reasons for not liking AMC’s critically acclaimed show Breaking Bad.
Read more(Ultra-High-Speed) Photographic Engineering
Mara Mills / New York University
AT&T’s slow-motion cinematography, and the visual dissection of bodies human and telephonic on the road to atomic warfare.
Read moreImmigration advocacy from the anchor’s desk
Viviana Rojas / University of Texas at San Antonio
Jorge Ramos transfers immigration agenda from Univision to Fusion
Read moreThe Turkish Al-Jazeera? TRT
Omar Al-Ghazzi / University of Pennsylvania
Marwan M. Kraidy / University of Pennsylvania
A discussion of Turkish presence and influence on Al-Jazeera.
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Kristopher Mecholsky / Louisiana State University
An examination of The Blacklist as a libertarian dystopic fantasy.
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