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AnTENNA, UnREAL: Channel Branding and Racial Politics

August 21, 2015
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AnTENNA, <i>UnREAL</i>: Channel Branding and Racial Politics

The final part of a week-long forum for media scholars to share their thoughts about Lifetime's UnREAL explores the series in relation to cable branding and racial politics.
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AnTENNA, UnREAL: Romance and Pedagogy

August 19, 2015
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AnTENNA, <i>UnREAL</i>: Romance and Pedagogy

The second part of a week-long forum for media scholars to share their thoughts about Lifetime's UnREAL explores the series in relation to romance and pedagogy.
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AnTENNA, UnREAL: Anti-Heroes, Genre and Legitimation

August 17, 2015
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AnTENNA, <i>UnREAL</i>: Anti-Heroes, Genre and Legitimation

The first part of a week-long forum for media scholars to share their thoughts about Lifetime's UnREAL explores the series in relation to contemporary anti-hero dramas.
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Downloading Serial (part 4)

December 18, 2014
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Downloading <i>Serial</i> (part 4)

As Serial concludes, what does its successes and shortcomings teach us about the possibilities of podcasting?
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Downloading Serial (part 3)

November 10, 2014
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Downloading <i>Serial</i> (part 3)

How do forensic fandom practices work when applied to a serialized non-fiction mystery?
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Downloading Serial (part 2)

October 24, 2014
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Downloading <i>Serial</i> (part 2)

As we wait to fill the serial gaps between Serial episodes, let's explore the podcast's use of temporality.
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Downloading Serial (part 1)

October 13, 2014
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Downloading <i>Serial</i> (part 1)

This new form of serialized nonfictional podcasting is both compelling essential listening, and a challenge to our expectations for journalism.
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Debating the Return of Twin Peaks

October 11, 2014
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Debating the Return of <i>Twin Peaks</i>

Amanda Ann Klein makes her case for the prosecution as to why Showtime should leave Twin Peaks alone; Dana Och and Jason Mittell argue for the defense by sharing why they are excited to return to the woods.
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Breaking Bad Breakdown: Deserving Denouement

September 30, 2013
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<i>Breaking Bad</i> Breakdown: Deserving Denouement

What do we want from a finale? Should it be a spectacular episode that serves as the dramatic peak of the series? Should it like any other episode of the series, only more so? Should it be surprising, shocking, or transformative? Or should it offer closure? For me, the main thing that I’m looking...
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Breaking Bad Breakdown: Exiling Evil

September 23, 2013
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<i>Breaking Bad</i> Breakdown: Exiling Evil

Dots are connected and characters suffer, setting up what is sure to be a heartwarming series finale.
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Breaking Bad Breakdown: Exploding Emotion

September 16, 2013
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<i>Breaking Bad</i> Breakdown: Exploding Emotion

Still recovering from this week's emotional devastation, but Jason Mittell works through the carnage with an extra-long post.
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Breaking Bad Breakdown: Peaking Plot

September 9, 2013
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<i>Breaking Bad</i> Breakdown: Peaking Plot

Walt and Jesse return to where the series began to stage the program's climactic peak.
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Breaking Bad Breakdown: Postponing Progress

September 2, 2013
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<i>Breaking Bad</i> Breakdown: Postponing Progress

The season hits its first speed bump, as characters bide time while looking toward the inevitable confrontation.
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Breaking Bad Breakdown: Title Tricking

August 26, 2013
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Breaking Bad Breakdown: Title Tricking

This week we get plenty of confessions, but not the ones we might have expected.
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Breaking Bad Breakdown: Digging Down

August 19, 2013
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Breaking Bad Breakdown: Digging Down

All of the characters are digging themselves out, and deeper, after last week's confrontation.
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