Scholar Mel Stanfill’s ‘Exploiting Fandom’ Takes on Big Business and Media Manipulation
Exploiting Fandom brings together mainstream sports fandoms and speculative media fandoms, often finding strong correlations between the two.
media studies
‘On Press’ Shows That Journalism Has Survived Tough Times Before
Matthew Pressman's engaging, historical dive into the fourth estate, On Press, looks at the forces that contributed to the decline of news in print, gave rise to interpretive reporting, and the new challenges and advantages available to news reporters and consumers today.
‘Struggling for Ordinary’ in the Everydayness of Transgender Life
In light of disempowering messages, how do people find ways to empower themselves?
‘The Hatred of Literature’ Will Deeply Satisfy Lovers of Literature
This is a deep dive into the history of literature and the murky threats it's faced that have only served to make it stronger.
‘The Art of Confession’ Ties Together Threads of Performance
Scholar Christopher Grobe crafts a series of individually satisfying case studies, then shows the strong threads between confessional poetry, performance art, and reality television, with stops along the way.
The Walkman Is Dead, Long Live the Walkman
Personal Stereo explores novelty, norm, and nostalgia.
On Expanding Our Field of Vision: ‘3D Cinema and Beyond’
The best essays here simultaneously engage with like-minded scholars and inform casual readers of 3D’s importance in filmmaking.