Media Fixes: Thoughts on Repair Cultures
Lisa Parks / University of California, Santa Barbara
An exploration of “Repair Culture” in Macha, Zambia.
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The Director Who Wasn’t There: Klinger’s Double Play
L. Lelaine Bonine / Truman College
Film under review: Double Play: James Benning and Richard Linklater. Directed by Gabe Klinger. 2013.
Read moreCosmopolitan Aesthetics in the Films of Carlos Reygadas
Kerry Hegarty / Miami University Ohio
An analysis of the films of Mexican director Carlos Reygadas.
Read moreScience and Intellectual Property in Breaking Bad
Fan Yang / University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Breaking Bad presents an ambivalent attitude toward intellectual property – that is, the institutional link between science and a post-Fordist mode of capital accumulation.
Read moreReflections on Actors: British Actors in Contemporary US Film and Television
Simone Knox / University of Reading
A consideration of the use of British actors in American popular media.
Read moreWhen Television Marries Computer
Michael Z. Newman / University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee
A brief analysis of the historical relationship between television and computer.
Read moreLove Hurts: Intimacy in the Age of Pervasive Computing
Hollis Griffin / Denison University
An investigation into romantic engagement and social connectivity behaviors in the era of pervasive computing.
Read moreThe “Reality” of Contemporary Stardom
Erin Meyers / Oakland University
Focusing on the stars of docu-soap style programs, this article considers the reality participant’s entrance into celebrity culture.
Read morePrison, Television and Sexuality
Kate Warner / University of Queensland
Addresses how homosexuality has been represented in television dramas and comedies set in prison.
Read more“Turkish Rambo” Geopolitical drama as Narrative Counter-Hegemony
Marwan M. Kraidy / University of Pennsylvania
Omar Al-Ghazzi / University of Pennsylvania
This article discussed a counter-hegemonic narrative (termed geopolitical drama) that depicts Turks and Middle Easterners as action heroes in global geopolitics.
Read moreRepresentations of the Meritocratic Ideal on Television
Kristopher Mecholsky / Louisiana State University
An examination of the rise of the meritocratic ideal in modern television.
Read morePrecarious Dreams: The Housing Crisis and US Cinema
Richard Martin / Independent Scholar
A consideration of the portrayal of the housing crisis in US cinema
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