With changes in how television is distributed and viewed, do we need to reconsider the annual "best of" TV lists?
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Archive for December, 2014
The End of “This Year’s Best in Television”
Santa’s Lousy Prison Guard: The Elf on the Shelf
If The Elf on the Shelf is trying to set up a panopticon, he's doing it all wrong.
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Colbert’s Public Forum: Will We Meet Again?
While I’ll miss Colbert’s razor sharp satire, for me the loss of this broad and deep public forum will be harder to bear.
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Jessica Lange’s Abject Femininity
Understanding the full complexity of Lange's recent work requires considering it as a layer in the sedimentation of her star text and acting style.
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Downloading Serial (part 4)
As Serial concludes, what does its successes and shortcomings teach us about the possibilities of podcasting?
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Star Wars Now: Fan Creativity and That Trailer
As a researcher, the rich and creative fandom discursively surrounding a text that does-not-quite-exist yet provides a mélange of data.
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Annedroids Appisodes and the Potential of Interactive Kids TV
How the Amazon series' interactive "Appisodes" reveal the possibilities and limitations associated with an emerging platform-based viewing experience.
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Poetry by Radio: Paul Blackburn and WBAI
The New York poet Paul Blackburn’s tape collection documents his involvement with Pacifica station WBAI as a radio producer and a radio listener.
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And the Grammy Nominees are [On Twitter]…
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The Recording Academy's decision to use Twitter to announce its nominees reinforces social media's role in shaping industrial practice surrounding award shows.
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Vemödalen and The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows
Keonig’s Dictionary uses the linguistic power of naming to successfully transform affect into emotion.
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