Archive for July, 2008
TVS 101: Teaching an Online Intro to Television Course
Shelley Rodrigo / Mesa Community College
A discussion of the possibilities of an online introduction to television course.
iPhones come to Canada: High costs and long lines
Barbara Crow / York University
iPhone Canada, almost at your fingertips
On July 7, as a longtime consumer of Apple products (and on their mailing list), I received the following invitation. Upon opening the invitation, I was welcomed by an English-speaking white man explaining the simplicity of the iPhone—its “standard for design,” that it is a “revolutionary device,” its “advanced capabilities,” [...]
“I Can Have It All”: Liz Lemon Negotiates Power, One Sandwich at a Time
A. Vesey and K. Lambert/FLOW Staff
A consideration of the gender politics of 30 Rock and the feminist implications of Liz Lemon’s desire to “have it all.”
Keep on rockin’ in the free (virtual) worlds: Why user-generated content matters
Aaron Delwiche / Trinity University
An investigation of newer virtual spaces and the shift of creative freedom away from users and back to technologists and advertisers.
Interpreting Exile in Guyville’s Legacy…
Shayla Thiel-Stern / University of Minnesota
A personal reflection on the legacy of Liz Phair’s Exile in Guyville in relation to the 15 year anniversary re-issue of the album.
Into the Maelstrom with Flavor of Love
Jennifer Fuller / University of Texas – Austin
A critical look at the black, female representation on the reality television show Flavor of Love.
Gaming for the Gal on the Go: Advertising the Nintendo DS
Carly A. Kocurek/ FLOW Staff
The Nintendo DS is being sold to the Sex and the City generation.
George Carlin, the Last of the Trinity
Bambi Haggins / University of Michigan
Late-night musings on the last of the original kings of comedy.
Same As It Never Was: Nostalgia and Children’s TV
Karen Lury / University of Glasgow
In recollection, children’s television emerges as somewhere between speech and writing; and there is something important about that intangibility.
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