As the Republican Party careens off into the netherworld of nuttery crafted by right wingnuts, we must ask ourselves what role users of new media play in helping craft their appeal. Do they deserve the attention we afford them through our own actions employing new media/social media?
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Tags: blogs, conservatives, Facebook, Fox News, new media, politics, Republican Party, social media, Tea Party movement, Twitter
Posted in Current Events, Internet, Perspectives, Politics | 1 Comment »
We hear a lot about teams and fans that are "tortured," but what about the ones we don't hear about at all?
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Tags: Bill Simmons, fandom, sports, sports writing, television
Posted in Current Events, TV | 11 Comments »
NBCU is offering "integrated sales marketing" to advertisers at this year's upfronts to bolster poor ratings during the ad sales push...but will it work?
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Tags: advertising, Alison Sweeney, Bravo, Heroes, Ken Jeong, marketing strategies, Millionaire Matchmaker, NBC, Psych, The Weather Channel, Tonight Show, Turbo Tax, USA
Posted in Current Events, Industry, TV | 8 Comments »
Looking back at Damages, I realize it would have been right at home amidst '80s film narratives that demonized career women while asserting the proper place of women at the hearth in the home.
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Tags: Damages, FX, gender/representation, Glenn Close, television
Posted in Perspectives, TV | 1 Comment »
Rarely has television fiction been replicated and superseded by actual events as drastically as in Wednesday’s meeting of UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown with Rochdale-based pensioner Gillian Duffy.
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Tags: bigot, Erving Goffman, Gillian Duffy, Gordon Brown, politics, The Thick of It, Yes Minister
Posted in Current Events, Politics | 3 Comments »
How did the recent South Park controversy on depicting Mohammed contribute to our overall understanding of the issue?
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Tags: "200 and 201", censorship, Parker and Stone, religion, satire, South Park
Posted in Current Events, TV | 1 Comment »
Are people more open to new ideas when they get their daily news through the Internet or do they tend to use today's historically unparalleled access to support what they already think?
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Tags: Cass Sunstein, Christian fundamentalists, David Brooks, democracy, internet, Mad Max
Posted in Internet, Internet, Perspectives, Politics | 4 Comments »
Later this year, the RightNetwork, a network dedicated to programming solely for conservatives, will launch. I’m intrigued by this network for a few reasons.
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Tags: conservatives, egocasting, Fox News, Kelsey Grammer, RightNetwork
Posted in Current Events, Industry, Perspectives, Politics, Politics, TV, TV | 15 Comments »
Ten (or more) media industry stories you might have missed recently.
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Tags: digital music, downfall meme, DVDs, Facebook, independent film, Kickstarter, News for TV Majors, Paramount, piracy, Pirate Bay, Roger Ebert, Spotify, Twitter, video games, YouTube
Posted in Columns, Current Events, Film, Games, Internet, Music, What Are You Missing? | Comments Off on What Are You Missing? April 11-24
Antenna's weekly Glee Club column discusses "The Power of Madonna," semiotic democracy, and the pleasure of reinvention.
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Tags: FOX, gender, Glee, Madonna
Posted in Columns, Current Events, Glee Club, Music, TV | 22 Comments »
Are the final teams finally in place? Or are we moving the pieces toward another move?
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Tags: Lost
Posted in Columns, Current Events, Lost Wednesdays, TV | 14 Comments »
2010 poses a key threat to the brand, and to its 'flagship drama' status in the UK – what if a new Doctor, companion, and exec-producer team represents too much change for audiences to take?
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Tags: branding, Doctor Who, fans, franchise, relaunch
Posted in Columns, Current Events, Doctor Who & Authorship, TV | 7 Comments »
Thoughts on David Simon's next HBO outing, Treme
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Tags: David Simon, HBO, quality drama, Treme
Posted in Current Events, TV | 4 Comments »
Today is Record Store Day, a music industry event taking place at hundreds of independent record shops internationally. But is this "holiday," intended to bolster record retailers, really better seen as an assertion of vinyl's renewed importance in the industry?
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Tags: MP3, music, Nielsen, Record Store Day, technology, vinyl
Posted in Current Events, Industry, Music, Technology | 11 Comments »
The news of a greenlit sit-com based on the Star Wars saga is liable to set millions of eyes rolling and heads shaking, but while comedy and Star Wars are uneasy companions, it may be worth giving this latest venture a chance.
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Tags: George Lucas, Robot Chicken, sitcom, Star Wars
Posted in Current Events, Film, TV | 1 Comment »