Posts Tagged ‘ media history ’

Honoring Hilmes: Curious Mentoring

May 5, 2015
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Honoring Hilmes: Curious Mentoring

In the second post in our "Honoring Hilmes" series, Ben Aslinger praises Michele Hilmes for her intellectual curiosity and willingness to mentor a diverse array of students and projects.
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A Voice Made for Radio Studies: Michele Hilmes and the Building of a Discipline

May 4, 2015
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A Voice Made for Radio Studies: Michele Hilmes and the Building of a Discipline

In the first post in our "Honoring Hilmes" series, Bill Kirkpatrick argues that the quality of Michele Hilmes’ scholarship is undisputed, yet the example of her great work alone is not why Radio Studies is now thriving. It is also because Hilmes has done the (arguably much harder) work of field-building.
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“Hollywood Goes to Harlem”: Radio’s Creation of an African-American Film Star

February 2, 2015
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“Hollywood Goes to Harlem”: Radio’s Creation of an African-American Film Star

75 years ago, African-American radio actor Eddie Anderson parlayed his “Rochester” role into intermedia stardom in film and popular culture.
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Anne Friedberg, Innovative Scholarship, and Close Up (1927-1933)

January 24, 2014
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Anne Friedberg, Innovative Scholarship, and Close Up (1927-1933)

Recipient of the 2014 Anne Friedberg Innovative Scholarship Award Eric Hoyt discusses his personal connection with Friedberg, her contributions, and her legacy.
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The Cultural Lives of Doctor Who: The Lost, Missing, and Redacted Adventures of Doctor Who

November 5, 2013
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The Cultural Lives of <i>Doctor Who</i>: The Lost, Missing, and Redacted Adventures of <i>Doctor Who</i>

One of the defining characteristics of Doctor Who is that, despite its academic and popular scrutiny, there are many gaps in its history, which remind us that histories - including media histories - are always only assembled from the perspective of the present.
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Let’s talk about search: Some lessons from building Lantern

August 14, 2013
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Let’s talk about search: Some lessons from building Lantern

This week, Lantern, a search and visualization platform for the Media History Digital Library, reached its first wide public.
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On TLC, Television Studies, and the Specter of the Recent Past

October 27, 2012
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On TLC, Television Studies, and the Specter of the Recent Past

Maureen Ryan calls for a history of lifestyle and its emergence as a dominant form of commercial programming in the US.
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Fighting Ephemerality: The 9/11 Television News Archive

October 10, 2011
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Fighting Ephemerality: The 9/11 Television News Archive

The archive has a tremendous role to play in helping researchers reconstruct the past as seen on television, but it also helps us pinpoint precisely how history's televised narrative is already a construct—a carefully crafted and complex set of signs and symbols.
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