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Tag archive for ‘Fandom’

Spinning off, crossing over
Jane Feuer / University of Pittsburgh

La telenovela mexicana en el ciberespacio

by: Claudia Benassini Félix / Tecnológico de Monterrey, State of Mexico
La telenovela mexicana es uno de los productos más exitosos de la televisión nacional pero también enfrenta
la competencia de otros países. / Telenovelas represent one of the most successful products to emerge from Mexico’s television industry, but they have always faced competition from other countries.

Watching TV Without Pity

by: Mark Andrejevic / University of Iowa
Rip-on-your-favorite-show sites elevate the attempt to make bad TV more entertaining to a popular art form. In the Television Without Pity world, the show is no longer the final product, but rather the raw material to which value is added.

Rating the Runway: Project Runway and New York Fashion Week

by: Moya Luckett / New York University
Project Runway is an example of how recent reality television shows rely on viewer responses to help construct the narrative. the show maintains a distinct textual presence while they advocate viewer participation, play with the idea of permeable and non-permeable textual boundaries and highlight the different ways in which we can access ‘the real world.’

Stripping (Part 2)

by: Daniel Marcus / Goucher College
How does stripping popular series for syndication affect the how viewers receive actors, subplots, and secondary characters? In the final installment of his two-part series on stripping, Marcus explores the impact of syndication practices and raises some interesting questions about how cable channels and DVD technology alter how we watch TV.

Producers, Publics, and Podcasts: Where Does Television Happen?

by: Derek Kompare / Southern Methodist University
An investigation of the tangled creative relationship between fans and the television industry in the age of the internet.

Speculation with Spoilers

by: Jonathan Gray / Fordham University
It is now possible to discover upcoming plot twists in your favorite television series with a little internet research. How does the proliferation of “spoilers” in online fan communities change the way we understand television spectatorship?

Editorial: Why The Amazing Race: Family Edition Doesn’t Suck

by: Joanna Slimmer / FLOW Staff
Formal innovations and family drama…Who cares where they go next?

I WANT MY GEEK TV!

by: Henry Jenkins / Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Global Frequency and the future of fan communities.

Martha Stewart: Free but Still in Chains?

by: Melissa Click / University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Can Martha Stewart redeem herself through television?

Set Your Cathode Rays to Stun(ning)

by: Brian L. Ott / Colorado State University
I’m coming out … and I’m doing it on FLOW. I suppose that, in some ways, I’ve always known that I was a bit “different.”