A Critical Forum on Media and Culture
A Critical Forum on Media and Culture
Hispanic television networks in the U.S. have pursued an aggressive strategy for expanding content distribution through different digital and mobile platforms.
Read moreThrough a qualitative content analysis of 30 student essays from a Southwest Texas University, this article decoded the socio-psychological distance between audiences and in-group ethnic media figures based on disliked social appearance.
Read moreA consideration for race in contemporary television.
Read moreA close look at Tavi Gevinson, founder of Rookie Magazine and female teen feminist.
Read moreThe Dove campaign’s ostensible feel-good message fails to mask the project’s cruelty: like publicly-released mugshots, the Dove portraits are mediated public shaming devices.
Read moreA look at the place of religion a decade after 9/11.
Read moreAn examination of the personal politics of comedian Marc Maron.
Read moreAn exploration of the country music star image as portrayed in ABC’s Nashville.
Read moreA consideration for the Christian niche market strategies used by Warner Bros.
Read moreAn exploration of the extreme reality TV show, Naked and Afraid.
Read moreAn examination on Univision’s hegemonic televisual infrastructure within Latino TV markets.
Read moreI’ve two goals here: first, to explain the rise of a genre cycle I’ve dubbed comic conversations, and second, to submit that one of the most recent products of this cycle, Jerry Seinfeld’s Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee, distinguishes itself from similar interview shows—and arguably raises the bar—because of its constant mobility, focus on civility, and high production values.