“Ask Your Doctor”
Black Hawk Hancock / DePaul University
The queasy connection between advertising and the pharmaceutical industry.
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How We Talk About Media Refusal, Part 1: “Addiction”
Laura Portwood-Stacer / New York University
Is our relationship to social media obsessive and overwhelming? What happens when we refuse to take part?
Read moreThe Carrie Diaries, The Television Reboot, and the CW’s Programming Strategies
Kayti Lausch / Flow Special Features Editor
A short history of the CW’s reliance on remakes and reboots to attract young female viewers.
Read moreRobbing Opportunities: Stereotyped
Portrayals Put Latino Actors out of Action
Mary Vanderlinden / Averett University
Mary Vanderlinden discusses the stereotypical representations of Latinos in the failed CBS sitcom Rob!
Read moreHow Lena Dunham Set Me Free
Camille Debose / DePaul University
A consideration of “Girls” creator Lena Dunham’s response to complaints about her show’s lack of diversity.
Read moreDigitizing India: the transformation from analog to digital cable television
Shanti Kumar/University of Texas at Austin
Serialization and Genre Expectations: The Case of The Killing
Janet Staiger / University of Texas at Austin
A look at how serialization can affect genre expectation for viewers of The Killing.
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Stephen Tropiano Ithaca College
Don’t drop the SOAP: American Television’s Long-Lost Lesbian
Taylor Cole Miller / University of Wisconsin at Madison
Looking at Rock Stars
Thomas Swiss / University of Minnesota
Exploring how we can talk about photography and portraiture.
Read moreFighting, beers and the queered – Class, hyper-masculinity and reality TV
Faye Davies / Birmingham City University
An exploration of masculinity on British reality TV.
Read moreFilm, Nostalgia, and The Digital Divide
Wheeler Winston Dixon / University of Nebraska-Lincoln
The old films and film camera equipment have been almost taken away from us – and apparently, we didn’t even notice.
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