“More drinkin’, less thinkin’, fewer teeth, and beer”
Constructing the redneck identity in CMT’s My Big Redneck Wedding.
Melissa Click / University of Missouri
Read moreEverything You Ever Wanted to Know About Camp But Were Afraid to Ask
Quinn Miller / Hampshire College
An exploration of camp sensibility as illustrated by Michael Buckley’s What the Buck?! YouTube show.
Read moreThe Olympic Games and the Politicization of Everyday Life
David L. Andrews / University of Maryland
A look at the often-brutal power dynamic undergirding the Olympics and its media history.
Read moreFace to Face with the E-Waste of Tomorrow at the 2010 Consumer Electronics Show
Max Dawson / Northwestern University
One media scholar’s reportage of and reaction to the 2010 International Consumer Electronics Show.
Read morePhonography: Lessons Learned from Teaching Audio Technologies
Lucas Hilderbrand / University of California, Irvine
Reflections on teaching cultural studies of sound technology and popular music.
Read moreNot So New
David Parry / University of Texas at Dallas
From card catalogs to status updates, the use of the term “new” in relation to media is less than rigorous and potentially dangerous.
Read more“I See You?”: Gender and Disability in Avatar
Michael Peterson, Laurie Beth Clark, and Lisa Nakamura
In addition to critiquing Avatar’s representations of gender and disability, the authors also consider the reasons for the film’s widespread popularity.
Read moreThinking the Box
Meghan Sutherland / Oklahoma State University
Rethinking television aesthetics and industrial production through ABC’s Conveyor Belt of Love.
Meghan Sutherland / Oklahoma State University
Read more“Attack of Boss-zilla!” – Female Conflict and Generational Discord…
Hannah Hamad / Massey University
An examination of film and TV series’ treatment of postfeminist identities, especially the popularity of women as terrorizing forces, or “-zillas.”
Read moreA Married Couple: Reality TV’s progenitor turns 40
Zoë Druick / Simon Fraser University
A re-examination of A Married Couple in light of the current proliferation of reality-based TV.
The BBC Presenter Pay Scandal: The Political Economy of Television Fame
James Bennett / London Metropolitan University
A look at the recent pay scandal surrounding BBC’s Jonathan Ross — and what it tells us about the economics of fame today.
Read moreIrreconcilable Differences: Gender and Labor in the Video Game Workplace
Nina B. Huntemann / Suffolk University
A look at the labor politics of the game industry.
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