À la carte Culture
By: John McMurria / DePaul University
What are the cultural repercussions of an à la carte cable? And does anyone in the FCC care?
A Critical Forum on Media and Culture
A Critical Forum on Media and Culture
À la carte Culture
By: John McMurria / DePaul University
What are the cultural repercussions of an à la carte cable? And does anyone in the FCC care?
Food for Thought
By: Dana Polan / New York University
The sushi’s on us: How The Sopranos is “assailing the very demographic that makes up its preferred fan base,” via our stomachs.
By: L.S. Kim / University of California, Santa Cruz
We’ve seen people trade spaces and trade spouses on television to varying degrees of success, exploitation, and humor. But is it actually possible to trade races? The new program, Black. White., puts this question to the test.
Our Television-Made Parents, or Watching TV with My Mother
by: Mary Desjardins / Dartmouth College
In paying attention to the generation of media audiences who were among the first studied by media researchers we have an opportunity to think about how media address and media consumption has been sustained and changed in the course of a single generation’s life time.
By: Elana Levine / University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee
Even the bunnies reinforce gender hierarchies: the intellectual and emotional struggle over children’s television.
By: Thomas Aiello / University of Arkansas
What’s in a “colder tasting” or “better tasting” beer? In this article, Aiello takes on advertising at its “best.”
by: Megan Mullen, University of Wisconsin, Parkside
What would make a nation give up its Internet domain? Could it be that television and the Internet are just not that central to Tuvaluan life?
Watching TV Poker
by: Mark Andrejevic / University of Iowa
Andrejevic considers the cultural logic of the recent surge in televised poker tourneys.
Redefining Indecency
by: John McMurria / DePaul University
Television networks fearful of steep fines and consumer backlash rush to ensure decency standards are upheld. This article looks at indecency in myriad of ways, from the Superbowl pre-game and half-time shows to the funeral of Coretta Scott King.
Rating the Runway: Project Runway and New York Fashion Week
by: Moya Luckett / New York University
Project Runway is an example of how recent reality television shows rely on viewer responses to help construct the narrative. the show maintains a distinct textual presence while they advocate viewer participation, play with the idea of permeable and non-permeable textual boundaries and highlight the different ways in which we can access ‘the real world.’
Stripping (Part 2)
by: Daniel Marcus / Goucher College
How does stripping popular series for syndication affect the how viewers receive actors, subplots, and secondary characters? In the final installment of his two-part series on stripping, Marcus explores the impact of syndication practices and raises some interesting questions about how cable channels and DVD technology alter how we watch TV.
Micro-Ethnographies of the Screen: Sundance 2006
by: Dan Leopard / St. Mary’s College of California
A discussion of the small screens, Sundance, and the future of independent film distribution.