The common thread at the Making Television in the 21st Century Conference was the pursuit to provide updated models and methods to make sense of the evolving medium.
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Making Television in the 21st Century Conference Report
What Are You Missing? Oct 14 – Oct 27
Ten (or more) media industry news items you might have missed recently.
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The #WOTW75 Experiment
Prepare yourself for the #WOTW75 invasion. Find out details here about the "War of the Worlds" worldwide collective listening experiment that is taking place on Wednesday, October 30th.
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NYFF51: The Myth of the Individual [Part 3]
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Steve McQueen's vision of the invention of slavery in 12 Years a Slave complements J.C. Chandor's image of the fantasy of a heroic white elite in All is Lost.
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The Aesthetic Turn: Cultural Studies and the Question of Aesthetic Experience
In this inaugural post in Antenna's new series on cultural studies and media aesthetics, "The Aesthetic Turn," Kyle Conway queries media's experiential dimensions.
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Report from the First International Conference of the European Sound Studies Association
David Suisman provides a report from Functional Sounds, the first international conference of the European Sound Studies Association (ESSA), which was held in Berlin from October 4-6, 2013.
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NYFF51: Darkness Falls on the City [Part 2]
In A Touch of Sin, director Jia Zhang-ke continues to address the wounds inflicted by Mao's Cultural Revolution on historical continuity and individuals' self-worth in contemporary China.
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The Personal Stakes of Social Media: Showrunners [Off] Twitter V
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When a showrunner chooses to remove themselves from Twitter, they are removing themselves from not only professional opportunity but also a space for self-expression.
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ESPN, Frontline, and the Bottom Line
ESPN's decision to distance itself from League of Denial suggest conflict between priding itself for probing sport’s cultural meanings while keeping the world’s wealthiest sports organizations in business.
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The Cultural Lives of Doctor Who: What’s Special About Multiple Multi-Doctor Specials?
In this inaugural post in Antenna's new series The Cultural Lives of Doctor Who, Matt Hills discusses the show's regular anniversary celebrations and the phenomena of "multi-Doctor" stories.
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From Mercury to Mars: A Hard Act to Follow: War of the Worlds and the Challenges of Literary Adaptation
Understanding "War of the Worlds"’s neglected second act requires consideration of the contested status of character monologue and larger shifts in dominant production norms for Golden Age radio drama.
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What Are You Missing? Sept 30 – Oct 13
Ten (or more) media industry news items you might have missed recently.
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NYFF51: Darkness Falls on the City [Part 1]
The first installment of a series on the NYFF considers films that radically push cinematic limits: James Franco's Child of God and Catherine Breillat's Abuse of Weakness.
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From Mercury to Mars: “Welles,” Belles, and Fred Allen’s Sonic Pranks
The Antenna-Sounding Out! series From Mercury to Mars: Orson Welles on Radio after 75 Years continues with a new post from Kathleen Battles about Fred Allen's parodies of Welles.
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Breaking Bad Breakdown: Deserving Denouement
What do we want from a finale? Should it be a spectacular episode that serves as the dramatic peak of the series? Should it like any other episode of the series, only more so? Should it be surprising, shocking, or transformative? Or should it offer closure? For me, the main thing that I’m looking...
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