In the era of multiple platform viewing and increased time-shifting, television turns to the musical. But Fox's selection of Grease seems to ignore a string of warning signs.
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Archive for May, 2014
There Are Worse Things Fox Could Do: Grease Live and TV’s Sad Affair with the Live Musical
On Kale, Transmedia, and Winning GISHWHES
On winning GISHWHES (Greatest Scavenger Hunt the World Has Ever Seen), which enacts the fannish/digital ethos of playful creativity, experimentation, and community awareness in the world.
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Why Kickstarter?: Corner Gas and Crowdfunding as Promotion
When fans are asked to crowdfund the marketing of a film that will exist without their support, the meanings of Kickstarter shift considerably.
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I, Reboot (Part II)
This second installment of "I, Reboot" dives into the origins of the reboot-as-narrative-analogy and distinguishes "reboot" from "ret-con."
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Exploding Trains! Coming to a city near you!
The consolidation of radio ownership in the largely rural state of North Dakota is especially acute. In moments of disaster, do citizens have access to local and timely broadcasts of the Emergency Alert System?
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Only Marginally More Unreal: Reconsidering CNN’s Coverage of Malaysia Airlines 370
With its reliance on speculation, dependence on simulation, and occasional swerves into absurdity, CNN's coverage of Malaysia Airlines 370 indexes the incomprehensibility of this disaster, marked by the failures of so many systems that seemed to promise safety, visibility, and order.
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I, Reboot (Part 1)
What is a reboot, then? This is the overarching question of this series of articles and one which I have been wrestling with for six years or so.
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Liking Facebook
Despite its myriad problems, here are some reasons to like Facebook.
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Gloriously Back to Front: The Craft of Criticism Conference
A report on the recent Craft of Criticism conference at University of Notre Dame.
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