A Critical Forum on Media and Culture
A Critical Forum on Media and Culture
The concept of dirt is used as a way to explore significant class taboos in the Discovery Channel series, Dirty Jobs. King’s article examines the politics behind the production of this program.
Read moreAn examination of the potential positive and negative roles of video in the lives of LGBTQ youth, and a call to action for members of the critical scholar community.
Read moreA view into the world of indigenous filmmaking through the life of Merata Mita including reflections on an “accented” approach to Pacific cinema.
Read moreAn analysis of the role of the “music supervisor” in contemporary multimedia American recording industry practices.
Read moreAre Canadians taking over Hollywood? Is Canada trying to infiltrate the entertainment industry from within? Colin Tait investigates the “Canadian Conspiracy.”
Read moreA look at MTV’s Teen Mom and how the show transforms the image of “deadbeat dads.”
Read moreThe 2010 Emmy broadcast reveals the tensions of a liberal politics of representation in the shows Glee and Modern Family.
Read moreDaren Brabham considers parental and societal bad habits of lying to children to make them eat vegetables.
Read moreInvestigating the representation of gay culture, past and present, on ABC’s Brothers & Sisters.
Read moreThis essay, part 2 of a 2-part series, stems from a chapter on Next Wave filmmaking that will appear in American Film in the Digital Age.
Read moreExamining the prevalence of the television rerun in light of Betty White’s resurgent popularity and re-energized career.
Read moreA look at the male role in the branding of the just-launched Cooking Channel.
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