A Critical Forum on Media and Culture
A Critical Forum on Media and Culture
Kevin Driscoll reconsiders narratives of 1993’s Eternal September to argue these communities were not the end, but the beginning of a more open, inclusive internet.
Read moreMohammed Rashid explores how Twine, a digital media platform, and more specifically, the Queer City interactive project, acts as a clandestine method of queer archiving and archival resistance through which the experiences and stories of the Bangladeshi queer community may be protected, archived, and carefully circulated.
Read moreJennifer Holt analyzes in-house NSA posters from the 1950s, 60s, and 70s as articulations of anxieties surrounding security and privacy.
Read moreOften a conversation clouded by taboo, Becky Holt argues the contributions that pornographers have made in technological innovation and in disrupting e-commerce is a narrative overlooked. Learn about adult industry worker Danni Ashe and her online entrepreneurial forays circa the late 90s and early 00s.
Read moreKelly Coyne dissects the racial and gender politics that underlie the “dumb blonde” stereotype.
Read moreDr. Morgan Bimm examines radio as a tool of nationalism and alienation.
Read moreDr. Elizabeth Ellcessor examines the emergency alert message in terms of its production and dissemination as constructed and negotiated texts. She considers the infrastructures and institutions of campus safety, emergency management, and policing.
Read moreDr. Jess King explores how standardized rules for screenplay formatting constrain the representation of intersectional identities that are historically underrepresented. They note how disrupting the standardized white space of screenplays can make room for new characters, such as Vida’s Emma.
Read moreZizi Li discusses Shudu and the practice of creating virtual 3-D Black models and influencers, exploring the post-racial politics and commodification of Black labor and femininity in fashion and social media.
Read moreDr. Emily West discusses the lacuna in scholarship about NCIS and argues for critical interrogation of popular and mainstream texts alongside “quality” and fan favorite content.
Read moreLauren Rouse and Mel Stanfill present the results of a survey of users of popular fan fiction hosting site Archive of Our Own (AO3), providing updated statistics on fan fiction readers and writers.
Read moreAidan Moir examines how the seemingly non-commercial platform BeReal has been utilized by beauty brands to interpolate users as authentic consuming citizens within their larger brand communities.
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