A Critical Forum on Media and Culture
A Critical Forum on Media and Culture
An exploration of the the continued use of the terms “media” and “new,” prevents us from focusing on how this change from analog to digital is more than just a media shift.
Read moreAn analysis of the psychodynamics of televised mixed martial arts and “pauses” as narrative excess
Read moreReading the Southern politics of the opening credits for HBO’s True Blood.
Michael Peterson / University of Wisconsin, Laurie Beth Clark / University of Wisconsin and Lisa Nakamura / University of Illinois
Read moreJames Bennett examines Ricky Gervais, Extras, and the show’s meta-textual mediation on television celebrity.
Read moreA look at the rise in father figures and the importance of paternity in TV drama series.
Read moreAn argument for the significance of the videotape as a lively and important object of academic research.
Read moreThe confluence of edutainment, celebrity philanthropy, popular environmentalism, post-cold war neo-liberal politics, and the media event in Guy Laliberte’s space tourism.
Read moreAn analysis of FlashForward‘s techniques to keep the viewer engaged and even to inspire fan behavior in its audience.
Read moreAmanda Klein / East Carolina University
A look at BET’s Baldwin Hills, a reality drama that effectively straddles the line between projective drama and rhetorical document.
Read moreDespite this strong affirmation of the well-hung body guy, Hung lays down the basis of a serious critique, one that at the conclusion of the first season may be a lost opportunity.
Read moreA discussion of the tensions between authenticity and appropriation in contemporary representations of Latinos in U.S. television.
Read moreA look at global femininity in the South Korean talk show Beauty Chatter.
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