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Tag archive for ‘Industry’

<p></p><p>La semiótica de la televisión en América Latina: problemáticas y perspectivas metodológicas

La semiótica de la televisión en América Latina: problemáticas y perspectivas metodológicas

by: Alfredo Cid Jurado / Tecnológico de Monterrey, Campus Mexico City
El futuro de la semiótica aplicada a la televisión latinoamericana, y cómo puede responder a las demandas sobre el estudio profundo del rol social que juega la televisión en el mundo de habla hispana. / The future of semiotics and the study of Latin American Television, and the ways it may respond to the demands for a deeper study of the social role that television plays in the Spanish speaking world.

<p></p><p>Comics to Film (And Halfway Back Again):  A DVD Essay

Comics to Film (And Halfway Back Again): A DVD Essay

by: Drew Morton / UCLA
By constructing visual essays, cinema and media studies scholars dip their hands into processes they think and write so much about.

<p></p><p>Brand Loyalty vs. show loyalty, the strange case of Virgin vs. Sky

Brand Loyalty vs. show loyalty, the strange case of Virgin vs. Sky

by: Nichola Dobson / Independent Scholar
Caught in between disputing media cable providers, audiences find alternative ways to circumvent the
media’s economically driven programming strategies.

<p></p><p>Network Television’s Ongoing Struggle with Web-based Television

Network Television’s Ongoing Struggle with Web-based Television

by: Ray Cha / Independent Scholar
Peers accepted, provide online channels for established media.

<p></p><p>Redefining Indecency

Redefining Indecency

by: John McMurria / DePaul University
Television networks fearful of steep fines and consumer backlash rush to ensure decency standards are upheld. This article looks at indecency in myriad of ways, from the Superbowl pre-game and half-time shows to the funeral of Coretta Scott King.

Micro-Ethnographies of the Screen: Sundance 2006

by: Dan Leopard / St. Mary’s College of California
A discussion of the small screens, Sundance, and the future of independent film distribution.

<p></p><p>An Arresting Development

An Arresting Development

by: Jason Mittell / Middlebury College
What can the cancellation of Arrested Development tell us about the present and future state of the television industry?

Devils in the Details

by: Christine Becker / University of Notre Dame
HDTV and the future of television — what are the possibilities?

<p></p><p>Broadcasting Is Dead, Long Live Broadcasting

Broadcasting Is Dead, Long Live Broadcasting

by: John McMurria / DePaul University
As Internet companies move towards increasing video content they have begun to look to television as a model. What lessons can be learned from the history of broadcast as Internet/TV convergence gains momentum? In 4 case studies of Internet/TV convergence, the issues of access, fair use and public initiatives are explored and critiqued.

<p></p><p>Comedy is a Woman in Trouble

Comedy is a Woman in Trouble

by: Heather Hendershot / Queens College
Questioning Comedy Central’s fixation on the male audience.

<p></p><p>TV Revisiting TV: Why TV Does the “Remake” Better than Movies Do

TV Revisiting TV: Why TV Does the “Remake” Better than Movies Do

by: Sharon Ross / Columbia College Chicago
How film remakes TV, and how TV remakes TV, too.

<p></p><p>Laughs and Legends, or the Furniture that Glows?: Television as History

Laughs and Legends, or the Furniture that Glows?: Television as History

by: John Hartley / Queensland College of Technology
How do we write television as history?