Archive for October, 2009
Tall, Dark, and America: Latino Authenticity and Appropriation in General Market Television
Esteban del Río / University of San Diego
A discussion of the tensions between authenticity and appropriation in contemporary representations of Latinos in U.S. television.
The Power of “Chitchat” : Global Talk Show, Beauty Chatter
Jiwon Ahn / Keene State College
A look at global femininity in the South Korean talk show Beauty Chatter.
Ethnic Rock Stars and Asian American Stereotypes: Will the real Ajay Bhatt stand up?
Shilpa Davé / Brandeis University
A consideration of the implications of Intel’s “Rock Stars” ad campaign.
Learning with Lily Allen: Copyright Criminals or Complexity and Confusion?
Tama Leaver / Curtin University of Technology
A discussion of the confusion surrounding anti-piracy policy and a look at why even pop stars can’t seem to figure it out.
Regulation is Boring
Becky Lentz / McGill University
Regulation may be boring, but it is imperative to understand policy and regulation and the manner in which they will be shaping the 21st century media landscape.
Threat or Treat: Film, Television, and the Ritual of Halloween
A critical look at the cult of Halloween and its appropriation by the horror industry.
Ernest Mathijs / The University of British Columbia
Hacking the Ivory Tower: A roundtable discussion
Flow is turning 5—come celebrate!
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What: Roundtable discussion titled “Hacking the Ivory Tower: The Intersections of New Media, Academic Scholarship, and Pedagogy”
Why: In the past 5 years, FlowTV.org, Radio-TV-Film’s online journal of new media and television, has published 800 columns from more than 300 scholars around the world. [...]
HBO, Sports Documentary, and Women’s and Girls’ Soccer
Heather McIntosh / Northern Illinois University
A look at the narrative arcs of two HBO Sports’ documentaries about female soccer teams in the U.S.
Sportv: Beyond the Sport Event
Ben Goldsmith / University of Queensland
This article offers an analysis of sportstv, a new category of sports television previously unexamined within television studies scholarship.
Broadcasters Under Pressure
Brett Hutchins / Monash University and David Rowe / University of Western Sydney
A consideration of the impact of digital media companies on sports broadcasting.
Foam Finger Cubicle: Selling ESPN360 as Workspace Media
Ethan Tussey / UCSB
A look at the ways ESPN has identified the office as a viable marketing space.
XFL @ MSNBC.COM: Reflecting on a moment and looking to the future
Fred Mason / University of New Brunswick
A reading of the XFL message boards and users’ failure to question the dominant masculine structures of sport.
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