A Critical Forum on Media and Culture
A Critical Forum on Media and Culture
Global Advertising Data SOX-ed up
by: John Sinclair / Victoria University, Melbourne Those of us with an orientation towards political economy and an interest in how the advertising industry propels media development have lost a lot of wind from our sails with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act that was passed by U.S. Congress in July, 2002. The purpose of the Act is to protect investors from financial […]
Read moreTV Legal Drama Speaks to U.S. Citizens
by: Mary Beth Haralovich / University of Arizona
In the early 1970s, Dirty Harry famously took on the issue of constitutional rights for US citizens suspected of crimes. Clint Eastwood’s cop movie launched the popular narrative enigma that would influence decades of television legal drama . . .
Media Left Out?
by: Thomas Streeter / University of Vermont
Never has the need for media reform been more obvious, more urgent, or — judging by everything from Moveon.org surveys to downloads of the Jon Stewart Crossfire clip — more popular.
Right Turn: Talk TV and Contemporary Politics
by: Rhonda Hammer and Douglas Kellner
Talk television has become increasingly political in the past years.
Why Fox News is a Good Thing
by: Toby Miller / University of California, Riverside
A closer look at the supposed differences between Fox News and its cable news competitors.
Fairness Doctrine Now! Will it really hush Rush?
by: Frederick Wasser / Brooklyn College
We cannot blame this one on the media. There was no spin, no agenda setting, and no spiral of silence powerful enough to excuse the electorate.
To Pee or Not to Pee: On the Politics of Cultural Appropriation
by: Brian L. Ott / Colorado State University
Although I appreciate the courtesy of my fellow drivers letting me know what pisses them off and whom they’d like to piss on, I can’t help but notice that they have adopted the same cultural icon to convey, at times, very divergent targets of distaste.
The New “F” Word: Indexed Out of the Election Debate
by: Bill Herman / University of Pennsylvania
The most important question here is what actually happened on Election Day; most communication researchers are ill-equipped to do this.
Media Spectacle and the Wired Bush Controversy
by: Douglas Kellner / UCLA
During a media age, image and spectacle are of crucial importance in presidential campaigns.
The Audience Factor
by: Melissa Crawley / Lingnan University, Hong Kong
On The O’Reilly Factor on The Fox News Channel, host Bill O’Reilly introduces topics highlighted by recent news stories and spars with guests who represent each side of the issue.
“Print the Money”: Mediating the 2004 Elections
by: Anna Everett / University of California at Santa Barbara
The title of this essay derives from a telling remark made by ubiquitous network news super star journalist Tim Russert following the third Presidential Debate on October 13, 2004 . . .
Political Polarization and the New Hollywood Blockbuster
by: Frederick Wasser / Brooklyn College CUNY
The connection between politics and movies is continuous and yet murky…