A journal of television and new media

Archive for June, 2011

<strong>Playing the Straight Field: Pre-Watershed UK TV and Gay Intimacy</strong> <br /> <em>Faye Davies / Birmingham City University</em>

Playing the Straight Field: Pre-Watershed UK TV and Gay Intimacy
Faye Davies / Birmingham City University

Are depictions of homo-normativity on UK TV too close to hetero-normativity for the comfort of a mainstream audience?

<strong>For Your Consideration: Impending Emmy Nominations and the Case For “Quality” Dramas Not on Cable</strong> <br /> <em> Brittany Shelton / FLOW Co-Marketing Editor</em>

For Your Consideration: Impending Emmy Nominations and the Case For “Quality” Dramas Not on Cable
Brittany Shelton / FLOW Co-Marketing Editor

A consideration of the tenuous zone between critical acclaim, Emmy recognition, and ratings for “quality” TV.

<strong>Universalized Pathology: How <em>Pretty Little Liars</em> De-contextualizes Bad Behavior for Profit</strong> <br /> <em>Camille DeBose / DePaul University</em>

Universalized Pathology: How Pretty Little Liars De-contextualizes Bad Behavior for Profit
Camille DeBose / DePaul University

A look at the portrayal of teenage sexuality and objectification on Pretty Little Liars.

<strong>Bootleg Archives: Notes on BitTorrent Communities and Issues of Access</strong> <br / > <em>Iain Robert Smith / Roehampton University</em>

Bootleg Archives: Notes on BitTorrent Communities and Issues of Access
Iain Robert Smith / Roehampton University

The BitTorrent communities function as bootleg archives with myriad rare and inaccessible films and reshape our understanding of underexplored areas of world cinema history.

<strong>Undercompensated Labor in <em>Life in a Day</em></strong> <br /> <em>William J. Moner / FLOW Staff</em>

Undercompensated Labor in Life in a Day
William J. Moner / FLOW Staff

Life in a Day relies on the labor of the “crowd” to achieve its groundbreaking achievement, but fails to provide fair compensation to the members of the crowd willing to share the products of their creative labor.

<strong>Gendering Intelligence and Sexuality on <em>The Big Bang Theory </em></strong> <br/> <em>Heather McIntosh / Boston College</em>

Gendering Intelligence and Sexuality on The Big Bang Theory
Heather McIntosh / Boston College

A look into the construction of gender, intelligence and sexuality on the CBS sitcom The Big Bang Theory

<strong>Some Notes on Streaming</strong> <br /> <em>Wheeler Winston Dixon / University of Nebraska, Lincoln</em>

Some Notes on Streaming
Wheeler Winston Dixon / University of Nebraska, Lincoln

Wheeler Winston Dixon explores the ramifications of Netlix’s move to video streaming on brick and mortar video stores.

<strong>Debbie Downer Has a Facebook Problem: Regulating Affect on Social Media Networks</strong> <br /> <em>Hollis Griffin/Colby College</em>

Debbie Downer Has a Facebook Problem: Regulating Affect on Social Media Networks
Hollis Griffin/Colby College

Reflecting on a recent break-up, Hollis Griffin writes about expression and affect on social networks.