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<strong>Television Celebrity: <em>Extras</em> and the Cultural Value of TV Fame</strong><br /><em>James Bennett / London Metropolitan University</em>

Television Celebrity: Extras and the Cultural Value of TV Fame
James Bennett / London Metropolitan University(1)

November 13, 2009

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

<strong>DAD TV – Postfeminism and the Paternalization of US Television Drama </strong><br /><em> Hannah Hamad / Massey University </em>

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.

<strong>The Last Days of Videotape</strong><br /><em>Charles R. Acland / Concordia University</em>

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.

<strong>Media Event 2.0: Guy Laliberté’s Final Frontier</strong><br /><em>Zoë Druick / Simon Fraser University</em>

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.


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