A journal of television and new media

Archive for May, 2010

<strong>“Mechanisms for non-elite voices:” Mass-Observation and Twitter </strong><br /><em> Pamela Ingleton / McMaster University </em>

“Mechanisms for non-elite voices:” Mass-Observation and Twitter
Pamela Ingleton / McMaster University

A look at Twitter’s placement in the Library of Congress within historical perspective.

<strong>Caching and Crashing the Médiathèque</strong> <br /> <em> Mél Hogan / Concordia University </em>

Caching and Crashing the Médiathèque
Mél Hogan / Concordia University

Mel Hogan investigates the politics of archiving video art.

<strong>What’re youse lookin’ at, Meathead?: Locating Archie Bunker Across Archives </strong><br /><em> Kimberly Springer / Williams College </em>

What’re youse lookin’ at, Meathead?: Locating Archie Bunker Across Archives
Kimberly Springer / Williams College

Kimberly Springer looks at how America’s “most lovable bigot”, Archie Bunker, lives through the archives.

<strong> A Walter Ong Artifact Travels Through Media, Time, and Meaning </strong> <br/> <em>Abigail Lambke / Saint Louis University</em>

A Walter Ong Artifact Travels Through Media, Time, and Meaning
Abigail Lambke / Saint Louis University

Moving through oral and written, artifact and archive at the Walter J. Ong archive at Saint Louis University.

<strong>Beyond Netflix and TiVo: Rethinking HBO Through the Archive</strong> <br /> <em>Shayne Pepper / North Carolina State University</em>

Beyond Netflix and TiVo: Rethinking HBO Through the Archive
Shayne Pepper / North Carolina State University

In order to properly study HBO, we need to visit the archive to make sense of its early original programming lineup.

<strong>The Views of the Feminist Archive</strong> <br /> <em>Alexandra Juhasz / Pitzer College</em>

The Views of the Feminist Archive
Alexandra Juhasz / Pitzer College

The video collection from the Los Angeles Woman’s Building offers a glimpse into a feminist archive in process.

<strong>A Case for Imperfection: Confessions of a Digital Restoration Artist</strong> <br /> <em>Pauline Stakelon / University of California – Santa Barbara</em>

A Case for Imperfection: Confessions of a Digital Restoration Artist
Pauline Stakelon / University of California – Santa Barbara

A digital archivist grapples with the dilemma of handling technological artifacts evident in the kinescope recordings of The Goldbergs.

<strong>Infernal Archive: Medial States of Matter in the Netherlands Institue for Sound and Vision</strong> <br/> <em>Shannon Mattern / The New School</em>

Infernal Archive: Medial States of Matter in the Netherlands Institue for Sound and Vision
Shannon Mattern / The New School

Examining the place of the archive at the Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision

<strong>Husker, Huckster: The Archival Brando</strong> <br /> <em>Lisa Patti / Cornell University</em>

Husker, Huckster: The Archival Brando
Lisa Patti / Cornell University

A discussion of the restoration, for commercial ends, of the classical Brando as the dominant image of the once-fallen star in contemporary culture.

<strong>Special Issue: The Archive</strong>

Special Issue: The Archive

In this special issue we sought to examine not only the media present, but the past and the past’s place in the present.

<strong>Branding Romania II, or, the End of Choice</strong><br /><em> Anikó Imre and Alice Bardan / University of Southern California </em>

Branding Romania II, or, the End of Choice
Anikó Imre and Alice Bardan / University of Southern California

An examination of media uses and effects on branding Romania as a tourist destination.

<strong>Post Racialism, Romance, and The Real World D.C. </strong><br /><em> Jon Kraszewski / Seton Hall University </em>

Post Racialism, Romance, and The Real World D.C.
Jon Kraszewski / Seton Hall University

A look at the politics of race in an interracial romance on The Real World, D.C.