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“Captive TV:” A New Reality Format

“Captive TV:” A New Reality Format

by: John Corner / University of Liverpool
What does the Royal Navy’s recent hostage crisis in Iran say about television’s involvement in the conduct of war and conflict?

<p></p><p>Watching TV Poker

Watching TV Poker

by: Mark Andrejevic / University of Iowa
Andrejevic considers the cultural logic of the recent surge in televised poker tourneys.

<p></p><p>Truth and Beauty

Truth and Beauty

by: Christopher Anderson / Indiana University
Perhaps it’s time to focus a bit more of our attention on the technology, industry, and visualization strategies of medical imaging.

<p></p><p>Public Radio Redux

Public Radio Redux

by: Tom McCourt / Fordham University
Despite the availability of public radio in new forms, and the changing focus of programming, radio’s primary strength remains its status as the most local of media.

<p></p><p>War, “Incendiary Media,” and International Law (Part III)

War, “Incendiary Media,” and International Law (Part III)

by: John Nguyet Erni / City University of Hong Kong
The conclusion of a series on media intervention, this column questions the ways that media intervention and re-development has been practiced in post-conflict Iraq.

<p></p><p>War, “Incendiary Media,” and International Law (Part II)

War, “Incendiary Media,” and International Law (Part II)

by: John Nguyet Erni / City University of Hong Kong
The second of a three part series on media and warfare from a human rights perspective, this column explores the human rights norms that justify the legality of media intervention.

<p></p><p>War, Incendiary Media, and International Law (Part I)

War, Incendiary Media, and International Law (Part I)

by: John Nguyet Erni / City University of Hong Kong
The first of a three part series on media and warfare from a human rights perspective, this column focuses on defining what media/information intervention is.

<p></p><p>Reinventing Public Media

Reinventing Public Media

by: Michael Curtin / University of Wisconsin-Madison
A pragmatic approach to the possibility of media reform

Media Spectacle and the Crisis of Democracy

by: Doug Kellner / UCLA
On March 10, 2004, when speaking to AFL-CIO union workers in Chicago, John Kerry said in what he thought was an off-mike comment: “Let me tell you–we’re just beginning to fight here. These guys are the most crooked, lying group of people I’ve ever seen.”

Can the Social History of Audiences Contribute to Media Reform?

by: Thomas Streeter / University of Vermont
Zephyr Teachout, formerly a staffer for Howard Dean’s Presidential campaign, recently published an open memo to the Democratic Party about using the internet to help rejuvenate the Party at the grassroots…

Turning Back the Tidycans

by: Michael Curtin / University of Wisconsin-Madison
Most evenings my octogenarian, cigar-chomping, father-in-law likes to crank up the TV to full volume, pour a tall one, and settle into his easy chair where he methodically scans the news and talk channels, riding herd on the world from his perch in coastal Georgia.

The 2004 Presidential Election and the Dean Scream

by: Lisa Parks / UC Santa Barbara
What was missing in this campaign in my opinion was the lack of discussion of media industry reform, which is surprising given all the ammunition on the democratic side to address such issues.