Protected: Me You Madness, Finance, Decadence
Andrew deWaard / University of California, San Diego
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Protected: Me You Madness, Finance, Decadence
Protected: And You Love The Game: Stream-Pop as a Never-Ending Scavenger Hunt
Eric Harvey / Grand Valley State University
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Read moreProtected: The Higher the Hair, The Closer to God: On Queen Charlotte’s Wigs
Jacqueline Johnson / University of Pittsburgh
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Read moreProtected: Extreme Weather as Everyday Genre in Subway Flood Videos
Juan Llamas-Rodriguez / University of Pennsylvania
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Matthew Crain / Miami University
Perplexity, an AI search engine, is introducing advertising to generate revenue, driven by the demands of venture capital investors. The author questions the impact of this shift, highlighting concerns about privacy, the dominance of ad-based business models, and the future of AI-powered technologies.
Read moreK-pop Fandom is Fast Becoming an Empowering Space for LGBTQ+ Youth Around the World
Thomas Baudinette / Macquarie University
K-pop fandom is emerging as a global safe space for LGBTQ+ youth, offering community and resources for identity exploration. This trend creates a paradox, as the fandom’s empowering effects contrast with South Korea’s largely homophobic societal norms.
Read moreDigital Transmissions: Thinking Historically About Broadcasting and Electronic Sell-Through in the Digital Era
Eleanor Patterson / Auburn University
Eleanor Patterson challenges the idea that the post-network era is defined by a break from prior distribution models, highlighting a long history of offering broadcast programming as singular, “on-demand” commodities.
Read moreParallel Hierarchies: Navigating Assistantship in Hollywood’s Above and Below the Line Divide
Kiah Bennett / Muhlenberg College
Bennett examines the unique position of Hollywood assistants as “across-the-line” workers and reveals critical insights into the industry’s hierarchical structures and gatekeeping mechanisms, particularly regarding race, gender, and class dynamics.
Read moreOutside YouTube, Inside Netflix: Bo Burnham and Contemporary Production Culture
Ben Rogerson / Texas Tech University
Through a combination of musical performances, formal reflexivity and cringe confession, Bo Burnham’s 2021 Netflix comedy special Inside theorizes on the self-management and exploitation of creative labor in the contemporary media industries.
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