Category: Genres
DOES TRANSFORMATIONAL MAKEOVER TV IN THE 21ST CENTURY PROMOTE A SINGULAR WESTERN STANDARD OF BEAUTY? by Sara Heritage
Described as a “make-under” reality show, Snog Marry Avoid has been subject to scholarly debate...
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LOVE ISLAND, AFTER THE SUN HAS GONE DOWN by Lyndsay Duthie
ITV’s Love Island, where gorgeous singletons compete to find love, was the surprise reality hit of...
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EMMA CORONEL—FASHION DESIGNER, PAGEANT WINNER, REALITY STAR…NARCO WIFE by Toby Miller
You may have read about or seen VH1’s reality show Cartel Crew, which began in January and is...
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FIRST WORLD PROBLEMS: PART 3, ‘DON’T GO INTO THE BASEMENT’ by Kim Akass
My last blog for CSTonline (a response to Toby Miller’s first blog of this academic year) talked...
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MY SUMMER OF LOVE…..ISLAND by Nektaria McWilliams
The Royal Wedding kick-started, but by no means overshadowed the long, hot, English summer of...
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KSI vs Logan Paul YouTube boxing match: stars sparring with traditional broadcasters to make millions by Lyndsay Duthie
The amateur boxing match between YouTube stars KSI (UK) and Logan Paul (USA) on August 25 could...
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NOSTALGIA FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD by Andrew J. Salvati
“Well, we all need a little love in our lives.” So replied the actor-musician François Clemmons,...
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OF MASSES AND NICHES – TV CONTENT AND THE STORY OF (LARGEST) TRANSCULTURAL COMMON DENOMINATORS by Bärbel Göbel-Stolz
I have been thinking about a piece written by Elke Weissman[1] a lot recently. In it she describes...
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CfP: conference “Memories of the Future”. March 29-30, 2019 @ the Centre for the Study of Cultural Memory, Institute of Modern Languages Research, School of Advanced Study, University of London (UK). Deadline: July 31, 2018.
International conference. Centre for the Study of Cultural Memory, Institute of Modern Languages...
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CfP: symposium “The Legacy of Watership Down: Animals, Adaptation, Animation”. Nov 10, 2018 @ University of Warwick (UK). Deadline: Jun 30, 2018.
CALL FOR PAPERS: The Legacy of Watership Down: Animals, Adaptation, Animation An interdisciplinary...
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NEW PUBLICATION: WOMEN DO GENRE IN FILM AND TELEVISION by Katarzyna Paszkiewicz
This post has originally been published on the Women’s Film and Television History Network...
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JOEY ESSEX TALKS NEOLIBERALISM: REALITY TV AND LEGITIMATE TELEVISION by Kenneth Longden
“The judgement of quality is always situated. That is to say, somebody makes the judgement from...
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