The Social Imaginaries of Buffered Media
Kevin Hamilton / University of Illinois
A discussion of latency in imagining the structures and limits of streaming media.
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The Social Imaginaries of Buffered Media
Oprah Winfrey Framed as Angry Black Woman
Ralina L. Joseph / University of Washington
Considering how the media morphed Oprah into Angry Black Woman during the 2013 Swiss handbag “incident”.
Read moreMedia Infrastructures and Affect
Lisa Parks/ University of California at Santa Barbara
An Exploration of Infrastructure and Affect.
Read moreThe Market of the Future…and Now: Media Industries in the US and the Race to Capitalize on “Multicultural” Consumers
Madhavi Mallapragada / University of Texas at Austin
A look at the way multiculturalism is parsed and politicized in the United States.
Read morePantelion Films and the New Wave of Global Latino Cinema
Kerry Hegarty / Miami University, Ohio
A discussion of Pantelion Films and the possibility of a new “Golden Age” for Mexican popular cinema.
Read moreWho’s To Say? Why Television Criticism Is Complicated
Denise Bielby / University of California, Santa Barbara
A look at why and how television criticism matters today.
Read moreStreaming as Shelving: The Media Past in the Media Future
Derek Kompare / Southern Methodist University
A discussion over the emerging online distributions of media, and their effects on previous distribution channels.
Read moreGangster Women
Kate Warner / University of Queensland
A consideration of female gangsters in central roles in recent television shows, including Justified, Weeds, and Underbelly: Razor.
Read moreThe Celebrity Sex Tape, Where Porn Meets Reality TV
Michael Z. Newman / University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee
An examination of the role of the celebrity sex tape in today’s reality TV landscape.
Read moreJohnny Weir, Vladimir Putin, and the Sexual Politics of the Sochi Olympics
Hollis Griffin / Denison University
A close look at the sexual politics of the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi.
Read moreThe “Ordinary” Celebrity and Postfeminist Media Culture
Erin Meyers / Oakland University
Through the focus on the private lifestyles of stars as their claim to fame, tabloids frame “ordinariness” itself as an idealized yet impossible position for all women.
Read moreWise Men from Fools
Kristopher Mecholsky / Louisiana State University
An examination of network TV comedy representations and critiques of the meritocratic ideal, with a focus on The Office.
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