Avatar as Technological Tentpole
Charles R. Acland / Concordia University
Is James Cameron’s Avatar a “game-changer,” or business as usual?
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Twitter Revolution
Vanessa Au / University of Washington
A consideration of the Iranian elections and the potentially revolutionary aspects of social media.
Read moreWindow Dressing: Spectacular Costuming in MTV’s The City
Amanda Ann Klein / East Carolina University
An examination of how costume trumps narrative in MTV’s The City.
Read moreRemembering Latina/o Television
Esteban del Río / University of San Diego
A discussion of a few ways in which Latina/os have reclaimed and repositioned Latina/o representations on popular U.S. American television.
Read moreThe Tedious Fun of Cosmopolitan Shopping: Man Shops Globe
Jiwon Ahn / Keene State College
Shopping for Anthropologie on The Sundance Channel’s global buying series Man Shops World
Read morePrivacy, Openness, and a New Persona: Why David Letterman’s Interoffice Escapades Took This Longtime Fan by Surprise
Kelli Marshall / University of Toledo
A meditation on the changing persona of David Letterman and the ramifications of his recent scandal
Read moreFlashForward or FlashBack: Television Distribution in 2010?
Tama Leaver / Curtin University of Technology
Tama Leaver discusses “digital distance” and its ironies and frustrations through an examination of the availability of the U.S. series FlashForward for TV viewers in Australia.
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Becky Lentz / McGill University
A humorous look at the pervasiveness of misleading and deceptive telecommunication policy discourse, and the need to democratize these naming practices.
Read moreTelevision and the Yuletide Cult
Ernest Mathijs / The University of British Columbia
Ernest Mathijs investigates the relationship between TV, Movies and the ‘cult’ of Christmas
Read moreRe-thinking Indian Arranged Marriage and Matchmaking on American Television
Shilpa Davé / Brandeis University
A consideration of television representations of arranged marriage and “match-making.”
Read moreDirecTV’s NFL Sunday Ticket Marketing Campaigns
Jon Kraszewski / Seton Hall University
A look at notions of home in DirectTV’s Sunday NFL Ticket marketing campaigns.
Read more“Rabid”, “obsessed”, and “frenzied”: Understanding Twilight Fangirls and the Gendered Politics of Fandom
Melissa Click / University of Missouri
A look at why “Twi-hards” need to be taken seriously.
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