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4.04

Is It Live or Is It Real?: Live Television's Shrinking Significance in Modern Life(2)

April 28, 2006

By: Jeffrey Johnson / Michigan State University
Are the excitement and spontaneity of live television really gone or have they just adopted a different form?

Coming Soon: A Supplement to The Velvet Light Trap: An Interview With Student Filmmakers/Teachers

By: Marnie R. Binfield and Jean A. Lauer / The University of Texas at Austin
In the next two issues of Flow, we will be running a special feature: a two-part interview with student filmmakers and screenwriters who also teach filmmaking at the University of Texas. Look for it here in the May 12th issue (Vol. 4 Issue 5) and the May 26th issue (Vol. 4 Issue 6).

How Network Branding, Promotion and Scheduling Determine the Success or Failure of Network Shows

By: Amanda D. Lotz / University of Michigan
How network branding, promotion and scheduling determine the success or failure of network shows.

Simply Propaganda?

By: John Corner / University of Liverpool
The problem with propaganda? The misleading deployment of the term.

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