A Critical Forum on Media and Culture
A Critical Forum on Media and Culture
Black Hawk Hancock draws attention to the ways that direct-to-consumer advertisements (DCTA) work as mirrors to induce us to think about ourselves as bodies, as selves, as patients, and as consumers.
Read moreDigital diets, fasts, cleanses, and the politics of asceticism.
Read moreHere Comes Honey Boo Boo and the “white trash spectacle”
Read moreRuPaul’s DragU, while rejecting normative and essentialist gender roles, exposes an “ideal” femininity that is framed in notions of masculinity and leaves us with only the charades of faux gender.
Read moreMary Vanderlinden shares the results of her study on the influence of televisual portrayals of professional women on college-age African American women.
Read moreA consideration of post-racial America through the lens of The Hunger Games.
Read moreAn exploration of the surprisingly conservative vision of Louis C.K.
Read moreAn interrogation of the continued quest for digitally addressable systems in India.
Read moreA continuation of looking closely at photography of rock stars.
Read moreA look at what makes the scientific inquiries of Mythbusters so enjoyable.
Read moreA consideration of London’s 2012 Olympic Opening Ceremony alongside Beijing’s 2008 Ceremony.
Read moreStephen Tropiano examines the showdown between Viacom and DirecTV.
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