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Archive for November, 2009

Television Celebrity: Extras and the Cultural Value of TV Fame
James Bennett / London Metropolitan University

James Bennett examines Ricky Gervais, Extras, and the show’s meta-textual mediation on television celebrity.

DAD TV – Postfeminism and the Paternalization of US Television Drama
Hannah Hamad / Massey University

A look at the rise in father figures and the importance of paternity in TV drama series.

The Last Days of Videotape
Charles R. Acland / Concordia University

An argument for the significance of the videotape as a lively and important object of academic research.

Media Event 2.0: Guy Laliberté’s Final Frontier
Zoë Druick / Simon Fraser University

The confluence of edutainment, celebrity philanthropy, popular environmentalism, post-cold war neo-liberal politics, and the media event in Guy Laliberte’s space tourism.

FlashForward: Pacing and Script
Julia Lesage/ University of Oregon

An analysis of FlashForward’s techniques to keep the viewer engaged and even to inspire fan behavior in its audience.

BET’s Baldwin Hills: Injecting Race and Class into the Projective Drama

Amanda Klein / East Carolina University

A look at BET’s Baldwin Hills, a reality drama that effectively straddles the line between projective drama and rhetorical document.

Hung in America
Peter Lehman/Arizona State University & Susan Hunt / Santa Monica College

Despite this strong affirmation of the well-hung body guy, Hung lays down the basis of a serious critique, one that at the conclusion of the first season may be a lost opportunity.