Maureen Ryan calls for a history of lifestyle and its emergence as a dominant form of commercial programming in the US.
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On TLC, Television Studies, and the Specter of the Recent Past
The Middle East: Inside, Outside, and Online
Antenna introduces a new series on the mediation of Middle Eastern politics, edited by Matt Sienkiewicz and articulated through the side-by-side perspectives of bloggers and academics.
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Beyond Content: Paternalism and Foreign Policy in the Presidential Debates
U.S. paternalism and egoism takes center stage in the third round of presidential debates.
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When Professional Wrestling Gets Real
When little is off-limits in terms of storytelling fodder and anything can be expected, how can the audience tell when something truly unexpected happens?
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Transmedia For the One Percent That Matters?
While the Occupy movement uses the 1% metaphor to critique social inequality, the Hunted transmedia campaign finds multiple ways to integrate the metaphor into the system of commercial television.
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What Are You Missing? October 7-20
Ten (or more) media industry news items you might have missed recently.
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Live from the Grand Ole Opry
Although live performances over radio like those of the Grand Ole Opry are one of the medium's basic functions, liveness is also culturally constructed, and its relationship with radio is fluid and uncertain.
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Premiere Week 2012: The CW
Antenna contributors consider the 2012 Fall Premieres from The CW.
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Special Issue: Journal of Popular Film & Television CFP
CFP for a Special Issue of Journal of Popular Film and Television: “New Directions in Screen Technologies”
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NYFF 2012: IN A MELLOW MOOD [Part Two]
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Taking on selections from this year's New York Film Festival.
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That’s Debatable: Truth and Values in the Vice-Presidential Debate
How fact-checking and the win/lose paradigm may distract voters from the more important moments in a debate.
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Exploring Iyanla Vanzant’s Toolkit for Fix My Life
In the second of two posts on the enterprise of black female discipline, how does the enterprise change when a black woman is the disciplinarian?
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John Fiske on the Politics of Aesthetics
What political investments are written into discursive analysis? What is the relationship between media literacy and aesthetic analysis?
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NYFF 2012: In a Mellow Mood [Part One]
Taking on selections from this year's New York Film Festival.
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Steve Harvey and the Enterprise of Black Female Discipline
While it feels natural to celebrate the advance in African American representation demonstrated by Harvey’s multifaceted empire, the black feminist in me wonders if his large steps forward will mean a step backward for black women in media.
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[Updated] Premiere Week 2012: ABC
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Antenna contributors consider the 2012 Fall Premieres from ABC.
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