Archive for May, 2011
Flow Favorites: Modern Family, Glee, and the Limits of Television Liberalism
Alexander Doty / Indiana University
Jessalynn Keller’s Flow Favorite: Alexander Doty’s column on the 2010 Emmy broadcast reveals the tensions of a liberal politics of representation in the shows Glee and Modern Family.
Flow Favorites: The Myth of Classlessness in Apple’s “Get a Mac” Campaign
Randall Livingstone / University of Oregon
Alfred Martin’s Flow Favorite: Randall Livingstone challenges the myth behind the “Get a Mac” ads.
Flow Favorites: Avatar as Technological Tentpole
Charles R. Acland / Concordia University
Courtney Brannon Donoghue’s Flow Favorite: Charles Acland wonders whether James Cameron’s Avatar is a “game-changer,” or business as usual?
Flow Favorites: “We Think INSIDE the Box”: CD Box Sets in the Download Era
Kyle Barnett / Bellarmine University
Paul Gansky’s Flow Favorite: A look at how the DVD industry’s use of packaging mirrors and contrasts that of deluxe vinyl and CD sets.
Flow Favorites: Problems in “Wellywood”: Rethinking the politics of transnational cultural labor
Bridget Conor / Goldsmiths College, University of London
William Moner’s Flow Favorite: Bridget Conor examines the politics of transnational cultural labor in last fall’s Hobbit dispute.
Flow Favorites: Bromance and the Boys of Boston Legal
Kelli Marshall / University of Toledo
Colin Tait’s Flow Favorite: Marshall explores the homosocial “bromance” of Alan Shore and Denny Crane in “Boston Legal” leading up to the series’ climax.
Flow Favorites: Wikileaks’ Lessons For Media Theory and Politics
Jayson Harsin / The American University of Paris
Caroline Leader’s Flow Favorite: Jayson Harsin’s exploration of WikiLeaks provides a wide shot of the famed web scandal within a larger political, global and ideological landscape. By presenting five theses, his article creates endless potential for further research.
Direct Action Everyday: Adventures in Aesthetic Activism
Esteban del Rio / University of San Diego
Del Rio argues that networked activism, abetted by social networking sites and media, continues to present a range of challenges and opportunities in democratic life for lone activists and advocacy groups alike.
“The Happiest Day of the Year:” A Reparative (I Hope) Approach to Record Store Day
Norma Coates / University of Western Ontario
Norma Coates applies Sedgwick’s theory of affect to interrogate the sense of pleasure derived from Record Store Day.
A Parallax Case: Gender Performance in Wings of the Morning
Murray Pomerance / Ryerson University
Murray Pomerance explores audience reception of the playful gender dynamics as performed in Wings of the Morning (1937).
Wild at Heart, Weird on Top: The Curious Career of Nicolas Cage
Robert Sickels / Whitman College
In the 1980s and 1990s, Nic Cage carved a niche for himself as an endearing yet reliably offbeat actor. Robert Sickels analyzes Cage’s career trajectory from his quirkiest to his most derided roles.
Angry Birds: The Remix
Tama Leaver / Curtin University
Given the popularity of Angry Birds, it’s hardly a surprise that a huge array of different remixes have emerged featuring the characters, story and music from the game.
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