Tag: Toby Miller
EMMA CORONEL—FASHION DESIGNER, PAGEANT WINNER, REALITY STAR…NARCO WIFE by Toby Miller
Nov 22, 2019 | Audience, Blogs, Commercial TV, Reality TV | 0
You may have read about or seen VH1’s reality show Cartel Crew, which began in January and is...
Read MoreCLAXONS OF SOCIALISM by Toby Miller
I’ve just returned from Málaga and the European Communication and Research Association’s...
Read MoreMY SEXUAL HARRASSMENT ESSAY – #METOO? by Toby Miller
The current controversies swirling around Hollywood in particular are a reminder, if any were needed, of just how damaging the use of sex through and as power can be, by intimidating those exposed to its horrors. Even if we...
Read MoreWHO WATCHES BRITISH TELEVISION TODAY, ANYWAY? by Toby Miller
The Broadcasters’ Audience Research Board, or BARB, tells us the who what, when, where, and how of...
Read MoreMARVELING AT ELIZABETH: THINKING THROUGH THE CONJUNCTURE WITH HOMELAND’S PRESIDENT-ELECT by Toby Miller
In endeavoring to comprehend the current conjuncture, I’ve been trying to think back a hundred,...
Read MoreWIKILEAKS AND THE T.V. SET by Toby Miller
Mar 8, 2017 | Blogs, Politics, Social media, Technology | 0
I don’t have much time for WikiLeaks or its narcissist-in-chief. Anyone surprised by their...
Read MoreOPIOID-INDUCED CONSTIPATION, JACKIE JOYNER-KERSEE, TV COMMERCIALS, CHRONIC LOWER BACK PAIN, AND ME by Toby Miller
I’m back living in the US, courtesy of five months researching with the Latin American studies...
Read MoreTHE COLOMBIAN NARCONOVELA by Toby Miller
Jan 13, 2017 | Blogs, narconovela, Netflix, Politics, Streaming, Transnational TV | 1
Colombia’s narcotraficantes [narco-traffickers] emerged as a consequence of many complex factors....
Read MoreTELEVISION WITH TEARS: THE 2016 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION by Toby Miller
The recent General Election in the US shocked politicians, pollsters, political scientists, and...
Read MoreBACK IN COLOMBIA, BACK TO LATIN AMERICAN TELEVISION by Toby Miller
Jun 9, 2016 | Blogs, Commercial TV, Drama, Soap Opera, Technology | 0
I’m in Colombia, doing some research on a plaque unveiled by Prince Charles in Cartagena two years ago that briefly commemorated a British fleet trying to starve the inhabitants into submission and make the United Kingdom an...
Read MoreFAREWELL CLASS OF ’58, WELCOME LEICESTER CITY; BUT REALLY, A SHOUT-OUT TO OLODUM by Toby Miller
May 12, 2016 | Blogs, Sound/music, Sport, Transnational TV | 0
The death of Prince and the triumph of Leicester City in the English Premier League. One inevitable, the other not so. Each, untimely. No-one really knows as yet why either event occurred. One should become clear in the near...
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