A brief discussion and interview with Baseball Prospectus podcaster Kevin Goldstein on the current state of baseball analysis.
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Perspectives
The Internet, Baseball Analysis, and the Persistence of Dogma
Different for Boys: Frank Ocean and the “Problem” of Male Bisexuality
Frank Ocean's alleged coming out story never uses the word "gay" and his music expresses desire for same- and opposite-sex partners. So how do we make the leap?
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Time Warner’s “Thought Leadership Seminar”
While Time Warner may expect educators to follow its "thought leadership," in fact industry programs give us the opportunity to develop our own informed critiques of media industry strategies.
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Talking About Rape Jokes (Again)
When comedians like Daniel Tosh and Louis CK say or do something that is wrong or hurtful, we owe it to ourselves to talk about it in context.
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The Cheese Stands Alone: Downton Abbey’s Emmy Coup
PBS successfully transitions Downton Abbey from Miniseries to Drama Series by continuing to lean on the advantages afforded the former distinction.
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The All-Black Steel Magnolias and Gay Male Reception
Some gay men will tune in and enjoy the telefilm on its own merits while others already hate this remake because it isn't the 1989 theatrical version.
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From Henry VIII to Flash Mobs: Branding Britain at London 2012
What image is Britain out to portray on the international stage with its branding of "GREAT Britain" for the London Olympics?
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Reflections on Yahoo’s Resumegate
It's worth considering what Scott Thompson's resignation tells us about the different work cultures of Silicon Valley and Hollywood, as well as what it suggests about contemporary American culture.
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Brave: Changing Our Fate
If Pixar is truly a cutting-edge animation studio, why did Brave take seventeen years?
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A Reflection on Rodney King and the Poignancy of Satire
Upon Rodney King's passing, we can remember In Living Color's commentary on police brutality, King's trial, the L. A. Uprising, and how satire makes cultural ugliness palatable.
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Feminist Media Studies: (In)visible Labor
Studying representation was my way into media studies. But laborers aren't working from a script and we can't always visualize the lived realities of their work.
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Sport in America: Our Defining Stories
While productions like Sport in America champion sport's cultural import, they tend to obscure the conditions that facilitate and restrict sport's apparent capacity to define us.
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Why Little Mosque Matters [Part 5]
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Why does Little Mosque matter to viewers, and why does it matter to television scholars?
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Mediating the Past: The Future of Media History
We not only need to engage with historiographical ideologies and methods in times of shifting temporality and materiality; we need to protect physical media.
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Little Mosque on the Prairie and the Challenges of Distribution [Part 4]
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Program buyers in over ninety countries thought their audiences would find Little Mosque worth watching, but the upcoming Hulu premiere is the first time the show had U.S. distribution.
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