Part 2 of a 7 part series on LeakyCon focuses on the struggles of being both an academic and a fan.
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Archive for July, 2013
On Wearing Two Badges: Indifference and Discomfort of a Scholar Fan (LeakyCon Portland)
LeakyCon Portland: Where the Fangirls Are
The following series of articles--written by myself, Louisa Stein, and Lindsay Giggey--represents our analysis of some (by no means all) of the cultural work of LeakyCon Portland 2013.
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Enough Said? Beasts of the Southern Wild, SharkNado, and Extreme Weather
In this short post I’d like to juxtapose an unlikely pair of films in order to push harder at the taken-for-granted mythologies of extreme weather: SharkNado and Beasts of the Southern Wild.
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The Cumulative Narrative of the Cumulative Narrative of Television Studies
A reflection, upon Horace Newcomb's retirement as Director of the Peabody Awards, on his contributions to television studies.
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Comic-Con: The Fan Convention as Industry Space, Part 2
This post focuses on one particular space, Hall H, in order to examine how the industry exerts its significant and formative power at Comic-Con as part and parcel of exclusive opportunities and rewards for fans.
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What Are You Missing? July 8 – July 21
Ten (or more) media industry news items you might have missed recently.
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Comic-Con 2013: The Fan Convention as Industry Space
For many academics, Comic-Con provides a significant opportunity to study media audiences, as its diverse programming attracts an array of fandoms and subcultures. But it is the massive marketing presence of the media industries (usually coded in trade and popular discourses as “Hollywood”) that makes Comic-Con a unique space in which to examine...
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Why Netflix is Not Emmy’s Online TV Vanguard
Netflix's nominations have been signaled as historical for online television, but they were earned through efforts to erase that distinction.
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Interview: Alan Sepinwall on TV’s Mold-Breaking—Male—Moment
Part two of an interview with TV critic Alan Sepinwall about his popular history of the past fifteen years of television drama.
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Interview: Alan Sepinwall on writing his TV history
Part one of a two-part interview with TV critic Alan Sepinwall on his popular history of the past fifteen years in television drama.
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Skins: A Primer
Despite Skins' Netflix instant streaming availability in the US, little has been written on the program for American audiences, and I hope this post can serve as a primer as the seventh and final chapter of the series premiered last week.
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What Are You Missing? June 24 – July 7
Ten (or more) media industry news items you might have missed recently.
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ESPN, Wimbledon, and the Limits of Broadcasting Equality
Days after the channel debuted a documentary series focused on gender equality, their Wimbledon coverage raises questions about their own commitment to equality in broadcasting.
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Talk of The Nation Signs Off
Talk of the Nation, National Public Radio's (NPR) daily weekday call-in program, broadcast its final show on Thursday, June 27th. And with its cancellation goes one less venue for the public to actually access and participate in political debate and discourse on public radio.
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