A journal of television and new media

Archive for July, 2010

<strong>The Harnessed Mob:  Where’s the Glee, When Flash Mobs Have Network Sponsors?</strong> <br /> <em> Mary Beltran / University of Wisonsin, Madsion </em>

The Harnessed Mob: Where’s the Glee, When Flash Mobs Have Network Sponsors?
Mary Beltran / University of Wisonsin, Madsion

Mary Beltran analyzes the flash mob trend and what it means for Fox’s musical darling, Glee.

<strong> Save Our Schools Hawai’i: Tactical Media In the Digital Age</strong> <br/ ><em> Konrad Ng / University of Hawai’i at Mānoa</em> 

Save Our Schools Hawai’i: Tactical Media In the Digital Age
Konrad Ng / University of Hawai’i at Mānoa 

A study of the activism of Save Our Schools Hawaii (SOS808) in response to Gov. Lingle’s furloughs during the school year.

<strong>I Love Shari: My Queerly Feminist Life with TV</strong> <br /> <em>Alexander Doty / Indiana University</em>

I Love Shari: My Queerly Feminist Life with TV
Alexander Doty / Indiana University

A queer look back at the author’s kid and teen TV icons.

<strong><em>Pepot</em> and the Archive: Cinephilia and the Archive Crisis of Philippine Cinema </strong><br /><em> Bliss Cua Lim / University of California, Irvine</em>

Pepot and the Archive: Cinephilia and the Archive Crisis of Philippine Cinema
Bliss Cua Lim / University of California, Irvine

An exploration of the historical and current institutional archival issues for Philippine cinema alongside a native filmmaker’s alternative, artistic preservation of the nation’s cinematic history

<strong>Niche Market, Global Scale: Simulcasting Anime Online</strong> <br /> <em>Amanda Landa /Flow Staff </em>

Niche Market, Global Scale: Simulcasting Anime Online
Amanda Landa /Flow Staff

A discussion of the recent growth in simulcasting anime content and television distribution across national borders.

<strong>“That’s All I Intend to Share Right Now”: Adultery and Privacy in The Good Wife </strong><br /><em> Suzanne Leonard / Simmons College </em>

“That’s All I Intend to Share Right Now”: Adultery and Privacy in The Good Wife
Suzanne Leonard / Simmons College

Suzanne Leonard deconstructs the notion of the martyred wife in The Good Wife.

<strong>Iggy Does <em>Dinah!</em>: Musical Performance On Talk TV</strong><br /><em>Kyle Barnett / Bellarmine University</em>

Iggy Does Dinah!: Musical Performance On Talk TV
Kyle Barnett / Bellarmine University

Iggy Pop, Dinah Shore, and the “rituals of hospitalities” on daytime talk shows.

<strong>Familiarity Breeds Desire: Seriality and the Televisual Title Sequence</strong> <br /> <em>Lisa Coulthard / University of British Columbia</em>

Familiarity Breeds Desire: Seriality and the Televisual Title Sequence
Lisa Coulthard / University of British Columbia

Examining the role of opening title sequences as a space of pleasure in image and sound, setting the stage, tone and atmosphere for the ensuing action.