Meet the Dead – Live!: Paranormal Programming
by: Yvonne Tasker / University of East Anglia
An exploration of the recent paranormal trend in television.
A Critical Forum on Media and Culture
A Critical Forum on Media and Culture
Meet the Dead – Live!: Paranormal Programming
by: Yvonne Tasker / University of East Anglia
An exploration of the recent paranormal trend in television.
Seeing the Back of Berlusconi? The Current Situation of the Media in Italy
by: Hugh Kesson / Deakin University
Will Italy’s media be changed by its recent changes in leadership?
by: Mark Andrejevic / University of Iowa
Commercial broadcasting has, from its inception, been about monitoring viewers; this is why the history of the ratings industry has become entwined with that of military and police surveillance.
The Curious State of Live TV
by: John Tomasic / The University of Paris-Dauphine
With new technologies providing access to “realness,” the novelty of live television may be wearing off.
Lost in an Alternate Reality
by: Jason Mittell / Middlebury College
What can the online game “The Lost Experience” teach us about cross-media storytelling and expectations? Is this the future of television?
Is New News Better Than No News?
by: Jonathan Gray / Fordham University
While traditional television news shows are stumbling in their efforts to inform and engage the public, a new crop of innovative news programs offers hope for the future of the form.
by: Tim Anderson / Denison University
New gaming systems are acting as sites of hyper-convergence for media. But is media convergence all that “new”? Should we be reconsidering the “new” in “new media”?
by: Craig Jacobsen / Mesa Community College
The mimicking of commercial promotional forms to hawk fictional wares has become a potent tool for the creation of verisimilitude in entertainment.
by: Shanti Kumar / University of Texas at Austin
In the world of 24-hour cable news, Fox News has emerged as the dominant channel by redefining journalistic “objectivity” as only a path toward a greater goal.
The Regeneration of Doctor Who: The Ninth Doctor and the Influence of the Slayer
By: Nichola Dobson / Independent Scholar
A look at the mutual influence of television between US and Britian.
Life on Animal Planet
By: Mark Andrejevic / University of Iowa
Animal Planet documentaries offer a disturbing mirror through which to view the pathologies of our current social reality.
Where the Boys Are: Postfeminism and the New Single Man
By: Diane Negra / Brown University
In films such as Wedding Crashers and Failure to Launch, the emergent “problem” single man offers an opportunity to think about the nature and function of postfeminist masculinities in current popular culture.