Some of the most compelling episodes of NBC's Who Do You Think You Are? are those where relatively little information about a celebrity’s ancestors can be found.
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Mediating the Past: History and Ancestry in NBC’s Who Do You Think You Are?
Convergent Media Policy: The Australian Case
While other countries are considering changes to adapt their media laws for convergence, Australia has been a world leader in commissioning major studies that address these challenges head on.
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What Are You Missing? May 13-26
Ten (or more) media industry news items you might have missed recently.
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Upfronts 2012: “Save our Show (On the Industry’s Margins)”
With no prominent "Save our Show" campaign following this year's cancellations, we should turn our attention to why we’re not talking about a big cancellation in a year where a number of highly-rated shows got canceled.
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What Are You Missing? Apr 29-May 12
Ten (or more) media industry news items you might have missed recently.
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What Are You Missing? April 15-28
Ten (or more) media industry news items you might have missed recently.
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“I Transcend Race, Hombre”: Hegemonic Masculine Whiteness in Eastbound and Down
Eastbound and Down’s primary character Kenny Powers is the ultimate in camp masculinity. Kenny’s character reeks of white masculine power, and as cultural critics, we need to ask how this type of supremacist rhetoric functions in America’s “postracial” political climate.
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Who (does HBO hope) is watching Girls?
After two episodes of trying to decide how I feel about the show, I started to wonder: Who does HBO hope will watch Girls? Girls’ small initial audience suggests that its audience “isn’t easily defined.”
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Mediating the Past: Mad Men’s Sophisticated Weekly Get Together
While this media surge contributed to this season’s premiere becoming Mad Men’s highest rated episode ever, ratings are not really the point. Mad Men sustains AMC's brand, providing a specific and prestigious visibility that extends beyond those who actually watch. Mad Men also offers viewers the opportunity to feel simultaneously nostalgic for and superior...
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What Are You Missing? March 18-31
Ten (or more) media industry news items you might have missed recently.
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What Are You Missing? March 4-17
Ten (or more) media industry news items you might have missed recently.
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What Are You Missing? Feb 12-March 3
Ten (or more) media industry news items you might have missed recently.
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Half-time in America
I love the SuperBowl, but not for the reasons you’d expect. I usually don’t know who’s in it, don’t care who wins it, and don’t watch it. I do, however, love to use it in class when I teach TV Criticism because I’ve found the Super Bowl’s ads are useful texts with which to...
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What Are You Missing? Jan 29-Feb 11
Ten (or more) media industry news items you might have missed recently.
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SAG Awards Drink to Scorsese, Celebrate Union Merger
The Screen Actors Guild Awards are a bit of an oddity among the standard awards shows. They don’t have the glamour of the Oscars–though perhaps they do have a higher concentration of movie stars–and following so closely after the Golden Globes, their revelry appears more in the realm of office party than gala event....
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