A journal of television and new media

Archive for March, 2008

Welcome to Flow Favorites


Welcome to the “Flow Favorites” special issue – a collection of some of our favorite columns, selected by our current and former coordinating editors.

<strong>Celebrity Social Gospel</strong><p><em>Mara Einstein / Queens College</em>

Celebrity Social Gospel

Mara Einstein / Queens College

How has the concept of social gospel changed since the mid-twentieth century?

<strong>Celebrating Television’s Spotty Memory</strong><p><em>John W. Jordan / UW-Milwaukee</em>

Celebrating Television’s Spotty Memory

John W. Jordan / UW-Milwaukee

How will television write its own history of the writers’ strike?

Cybernetic TV


A reprint of Mark Andrejevic’s examination of interactive television.

To Pee or Not to Pee: On the Politics of Cultural Appropriation


A reprint of Brian L. Ott’s essay on cultural appropriation.

<strong>Ready, Set, Go! Stopping Time in Its Corporate Tracks</strong><p><em>Anna Beatrice Scott / University of California, Riverside</em>

Ready, Set, Go! Stopping Time in Its Corporate Tracks

Anna Beatrice Scott / University of California, Riverside

The flash mob mentality and our perception of time.

Do Good TV?


A reprint of Laurie Ouellette’s analysis of altruistic reality television.

Intellectuals


A reprint of Toby Miller’s essay on televised intellectualism.

Pass the Remote


A reprint of a Flow piece in which Natalie Cannon, Zak Salih, and Angela Nemecek engage in a debate regarding the HBO program Carnivale.

Awkward Conversations About Uncomfortable Laughter


A reprint of an essay by Henry Jenkins on Sarah Silverman that inspired the most comments in our publishing history.

Don Knotts: Reluctant Sex Object


Don Knotts: the embodiment of sex appeal?