Amid the flurry of dialogue accumulating discursive authority as “The Year of the MOOC,” what is the contribution of the media and cultural studies scholar?
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Perspectives
What is the Media & Cultural Studies of the MOOC?
Syllabus Fantasies
Why are syllabi going viral, and what does this tell us about the state of higher education?
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Berlinale 2013 Report: Part Two
The final installment of a two-part report on Berlinale 2013, paying particular attention to some of the less publicized, more experimental projects.
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Berlinale 2013 Report: Part One
Part one of a two-part report on Berlinale 2013, an extensive, well-organized, festival centered on the Potsdamer Platz.
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The Velvet Light Trap CFP: On Sound (New Directions in Sound Studies)
The coordinating editors of The Velvet Light Trap are seeking submissions for a forthcoming issue that explores new directions in sound studies.
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Radio at SCMS 2013
Some thoughts on the current state of qualitative radio scholarship, plus a line-up of radio studies related papers, panels, and events at this year's SCMS conference.
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Rebooting Sex and the City: How The Franchise Carrie-s On
One of the most significant features of this franchise is its adaptability and ability to transcend production models and multi-generational fan engagement within different industrial moments.
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Shut it Down: The End of 30 Rock
A cultural discussion of 30 Rock's television legacy for feminist discourse and self reflexive satire television in the wake of its final broadcast.
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Half the Battle? Envisioning Citizenship in “Whole Again”
While failing to sell SUVs, the commercial offers visions of wartime American citizenship with which spectators are to identify: the forlorn dog, the crying wife, and the praying child.
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House of Cards Has No Advertising
Netflix's willingness to give the audience control over serial viewing challenges assumptions that the best way to control program costs is to eke out episodes over time, measuring demand, and then raising and lowering prices in response.
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A Remediation Meditation: The Aca-Media Podcast
It’s the kind of delicious irony that we broadcast historians relish: in order to move boldly into the future and expand on the cutting edge of communications technology, Cinema Journal has started a radio show. Aca-Media (officially: “Cinema Journal Presents Aca-Media”) is a new monthly podcast covering current media studies scholarship, issues in the...
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The Cancellation of Don’t Trust the B and Gay Black Tele(in)visibility
As we bid farewell to Don’t Trust the B, we also bid farewell to a part of gay black visibility on network television. Luther was a character written in a mold that has (problematically) been deemed passé and disrespectful to the middle class, married/coupled, suburban model of gay televisibility. And for that, we should...
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New Directions in Media Studies: The Aesthetic Turn
As more media scholars grapple with issues traditionally associated with aesthetic analysis, the need to map the history, methods, and goals of this “aesthetic turn” proves increasingly pressing.
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A Turf War at the Book Club: Considering the Cultural Work of Canada Reads
With the 2013 edition of 'Canada Reads' set to begin on Monday, we consider the cultural work performed by the program in the Canadian context. In particular, what are the potential implications of this year's emphasis on competition between Canada's regions for the program and its contributions to debates and discourses concerning Canadian national...
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“You are my flawed hero”: Plotting Lived Fictions and Fictionalized Lives
The new series The Following literally spells out the very tropes it plan to use, letting its audience in on its postmodern joke where the plotting criminal is aware that he is creating a literary plot as well.
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