As season five of Downton Abbey airs in the U.S., Twin Cities Public Television’s rebranding efforts inspire an exploration of the expansive U.S. public television phenomenon.
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Archive for January, 2015
“It’s Approximately 500 Times More Fun to Watch Downton Abbey in a Crowd”: Exploring the Downton Abbey Phenomenon
Roots and Routes of the Cuban Revolution: Transforming Ideology into Heritage
In the wake of the "normalization" of U.S. relations with Cuba, the transitional communist nation is struggling with its cultural heritage policies in what Pablo Alonso González calls "the transformation of ideology into heritage."
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‘Real People, Real Radio’: KXCI community radio in the aftermath of January 8, 2011
In the aftermath of the gun violence of January 2011, Tucson’s KXCI community radio responded with music and locally-produced pubic affairs podcasts. The University of Arizona's Mary Beth Haralovich explores how KXCI’s “real people, real radio” format helped people to grieve and to heal.
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