Can The Walking Dead be read as an unconscious desire to return to the frontier, or a cautionary warning about the destructive path of the modern world?
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The Walking Deadwood? The Western and the Post-Apocalyptic Tale
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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The Google+ Assignment
This piece begins a series reflecting on the trials and tribulations of digital pedagogy.
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Derivative By Any Other Name; or, A Cultural Approach to Fan Fiction Genre Theory
For the most part, fan fiction is like porn—we know it when we see it. And yet when asked to delineate its boundaries, the genre is surprisingly hard to categorize.
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Hollywood Stars and the Death of the “Adult Drama”
Why are we currently experiencing what one filmmaker has called “the lowest point since cinema began”?
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