A Critical Forum on Media and Culture
A Critical Forum on Media and Culture
Eric Harvey examines the shifts in live music consumption with a focus on the evolution of NPR’s Tiny Desk Concerts.
Read moreEleanor Patterson explores how Elvis Girlies “play around” with history.
Read moreIn this column, Rogerson offers a textual and industrial analysis of the self-reflexive Disney+/Pixar series Dream Productions and the animation unit’s short-lived approach to streaming series.
Read moreKim explores the 4B movement as a transnational form of feminism that has been cultivated through digital platforms.
Read moreThis article discusses the intersection of technology and creative labor, focusing on the impact of AI tools on video editing and the broader media industry.
Read moreRoderik Smits explores how AI is shaping the landscape of film programming and distribution.
Read moreThis column examines Alfonso Cuarón’s Disclaimer on AppleTV+, exploring how its production and promotion as a “cinematic” auteur-driven series reflect broader industry strategies.
Read moreMichael Z. Newman explores the convergence of television and TikTok, arguing that platforms like TikTok embody television’s fragmentary logic and attention-driven economy, transforming late-night shows like After Midnight into viral, internet-native content.
Read moreAndrew deWaard discusses how Louise Linton reflects the issues surrounding capitalism both on and off-screen.
Read moreEric Harvey discusses how contemporary music stardom pulls fans and commentators into a rabbit hole of never-ending engagement.
Read moreJacqueline Johnson examines the deeper significance of the wigs in Netflix’s Queen Charlotte.
Read moreJuan Llamas-Rodriguez explores how subway flood videos transform extreme weather from spectacle into genre. As infrastructure crumbles under climate-induced disasters, viewers shift between individual frustration and collective crisis awareness. These videos blend intimate, smartphone-captured perspectives with a wider, omniscient view of urban vulnerability, bridging personal experience with public crisis. In doing so, they force audiences to confront their roles in a destabilising climate.
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