Prison, Television and Sexuality
Kate Warner / University of Queensland
Addresses how homosexuality has been represented in television dramas and comedies set in prison.
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“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.
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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
Read moreToo Dominican for a Magazine?
Nelson Santana / CUNY Dominican Studies Institute
A consideration of identity politics and representational changes in U.S.-based Dominican magazines.
Read moreThe new face of Latin American television flows
Juan Piñón/New York University
While broadcasting television is still a media space dominated by national or regional players, particularly in primetime, cable television offers a very different picture with U.S. global media corporations having an overwhelmingly dominant position.
Read moreDefending Dexter
Dawn Keetley / Lehigh University
Showtime’s Dexter has taken some criticism over the last few years, but its recent final episode stays true to what has been great about the series
Read more“Why Do They Make It So Extreme?!” On Videogame Glitches and Joy
Carrie Andersen / University of Texas at Austin
How videogame glitches can be pleasurable instead of frustrating.
Read moreOpen TV: Rescue Pilots from Development Hell
Aymar Jean Christian / Northwestern University
A consideration for network outsize control and lack of diversity in current television.
Read moreCandy-Coated, Tangerine-Colored Criminals: Jenji Kohan’s Drug Use
Kathleen Collins / John Jay College
A consideration of Jenji Kohan’s antiheroic protagonists.
Read moreBodies and Bravo’s Brand on The Real Housewives of Atlanta and New York
Jorie Lagerwey / University College Dublin
RHOA highlights the ruptures in Bravo’s brand and moves the show from a vehicle for winking consumerist aspiration to an example of successful brand-selves emerging outside the strict limits of postfeminist entrepreneurial success set by Bravos other stars.
Read moreThe Others on Bravo: The Entertainment Value of the Eccentric Ethnic Character
Keara Goin / University of Texas at Austin
The Bravo network’s programming as a whole seems to use the eccentric ethnic character as a formulaic strategy to enhance a show’s entertainment value
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