Over*Flow
Over*Flow: Effort is Overrated: The Dissonance of AI Integrations with the 2024 Olympic Games
Kathryn Hartzell / University of Texas at Austin
Kathryn Hartzell examines the integration of Artificial Intelligence into the 2024 Summer Olympics and how this endeavor clashes with values surrounding sports, performance, and equality.
Work Songs: Tiny Desk Concerts Reimagines Music Video and Public Radio
Eric Harvey / Grand Valley State University
Eric Harvey examines the shifts in live music consumption with a focus on the evolution of NPR’s Tiny Desk Concerts.
Read moreStreaming Power: How Netflix and Amazon are Reshaping Global Geopolitics
Swapnil Rai / University of Michigan
Swapnil Rai explores how streaming giants like Netflix and Amazon shape diplomacy, narratives, and policy, positioning themselves as cultural power brokers beyond national borders in an era of digital media dominance.
Read more Across-the-Line: The Invisible Labor and Cultural Mechanics of Hollywood’s Entry-Level Workforce
Kiah Bennett / Muhlenberg College
Bennett examines the production culture from the perspective of across-the-line workers at the entry level.
Read moreJust Pretend: Elvis Girlies, Social Media and Embodied Play
Eleanor Patterson / Auburn University
Eleanor Patterson explores how Elvis Girlies “play around” with history.
Read more“What Sort of Dreams Should We Be Making?”: Pixar Creative Culture and the Crisis of Disney+
Ben Rogerson / Texas Tech University
In this column, Rogerson offers a textual and industrial analysis of the self-reflexive Disney+/Pixar series Dream Productions and the animation unit’s short-lived approach to streaming series.
Read moreThe Return of Global Sisterhood? The Transnational Journey of the 4B Movement on TikTok
Jinsook Kim / Emory University
Kim explores the 4B movement as a transnational form of feminism that has been cultivated through digital platforms.
Read moreOver*Flow: Effort is Overrated: The Dissonance of AI Integrations with the 2024 Olympic Games
Kathryn Hartzell / University of Texas at Austin
Kathryn Hartzell examines the integration of Artificial Intelligence into the 2024 Summer Olympics and how this endeavor clashes with values surrounding sports, performance, and equality.
Read more Automated for the People
Gerald Sim / Florida Atlantic University
This article discusses the intersection of technology and creative labor, focusing on the impact of AI tools on video editing and the broader media industry.
Read moreA Quiet Revolution? Cinema Programming in the Era of Artificial Intelligence
Roderik Smits / Erasmus University Rotterdam
Roderik Smits explores how AI is shaping the landscape of film programming and distribution.
Read moreDisclaimer, Anonymous Content and single series auteur-directed television
Andrew Stubbs-Lacy / Staffordshire University
This column examines Alfonso Cuarón’s Disclaimer on AppleTV+, exploring how its production and promotion as a “cinematic” auteur-driven series reflect broader industry strategies.
Read moreTikTok is Television, Television is TikTok
Michael Z. Newman / University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Michael Z. Newman explores the convergence of television and TikTok, arguing that platforms like TikTok embody television’s fragmentary logic and attention-driven economy, transforming late-night shows like After Midnight into viral, internet-native content.
Read moreFinance, Decadence, and Me You Madness
Andrew deWaard / University of California, San Diego
Andrew deWaard discusses how Louise Linton reflects the issues surrounding capitalism both on and off-screen.
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