In this latest post in our ongoing series From Mercury to Mars: Orson Welles on Radio after 75 Years, Michele Hilmes ponders the relative absence of innovation in American radio drama over the past three decades.
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Tags: #WOTW75, BBC, BBC Radio 4, CBS Mystery Theater, Himan Brown, James M. Cain, Mercury Theater on the Air, Neil Verma, Orson Welles, public broadcasting, radio, Radio 4 Extra, Radio Drama, radio studies, soundwork, The Archers, The Butterfly, War of the Worlds
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In this latest post in our From Mercury to Mars series, Josh Shepperd discusses the "War of the Worlds" broadcast as a foundational subject for intellectual history and, as the subject of social research like Hadley Cantril's The Invasion from Mars, one of the events that legitimated the very study of media.
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Tags: #WOTW75, audiences, broadcasting history, CBS, Communications Act of 1934, educational media, FCC, Federal Radio Education Committee, Frank Stanton, Hadley Cantril, Herta Herzog, Mass Communication, media aesthetics, media effects, media studies, Mercury Theatre on the Air, Orson Welles, Paul Lazarsfeld, Princeton Radio Research Project, propaganda, public broadcasting, radio studies, Rockefeller Foundation, War of the Worlds, William Paley
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Analyzing the role of the Doctor's female companions, Keara Goin argues that despite her independence and brash image, Clara Oswald is little more than the Doctor's caretaker and a re-packaging of the traditional mother archetype.
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Tags: Alec Charles, BBC, Clara Oswald, Doctor Who, Jenna-Louise Coleman, Lindy A. Orthia, Margaret and Michael Rustin, Matt Smith, post-feminism, public broadcasting, television
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In this inaugural post in Antenna's new series The Cultural Lives of Doctor Who, Matt Hills discusses the show's regular anniversary celebrations and the phenomena of "multi-Doctor" stories.
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Tags: #savetheday, BBC, David Tennant, Destiny of the Doctor, Doctor Who, John Hurt, Matt Smith, multi-Doctor, Peter Capaldi, Prisoners of Time, public broadcasting, television, The Day of the Doctor, The Light at the End
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Ten (or more) media industry stories you might have missed recently.
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Tags: Anonymous, AOL, box office, censorship, digital distribution, DVD, Facebook, Google, Hollywood, independent film, internet, iTunes, MPAA, music, music downloads, Netflix, NPR, porn, public broadcasting, ratings, social gaming, streaming, Sundance, television, Twitter, UltraViolet, video games, Weinstein Co., YouTube
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