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A critical forum on media and culture brought to you by the graduate students of @UTRTF.
University of Texas at Austin
Joined March 2009
New Flow?! 🚨 With Guillermina Zabala Suárez, Helen Piper, Hyun Jung Stephany Noh, Dal Yong Jin, Anna Lovatt, Golden M. Owens, and Gil-Soo Han! Topics vary from The Jetsons to The Asembly, K-Dramas, medical issues and more! Read all the columns at https://t.co/uikvHj3EgZ! 🥳
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Examining South Korea’s rapid economic ascent, Gil-Soo Han reveals how “nouveau-riche nationalism” collides with migrant realities. Centering on the Naju forklift abuse case, he exposes how economic pride and social hierarchy intersect Read it here: https://t.co/RQsIEoM1OE
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Golden M. Owens reinterprets Rosey the Robot as a futuristic Mammy figure, linking domestic servitude, robot etymologies, and animation history to show how racialized labor logics persist beneath the surface of family entertainment. Read it here: https://t.co/0Wj0FHpXFJ
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Anna Lovatt traces how artists from Mimi Smith to LetĂcia Parente used television and video to redraw the boundaries between art, media, and everyday life. The column reveals how the “screen age” has transformed drawing Read it here: https://t.co/aEeXsBrnSU
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In his analysis of K-Pop Demon Hunters, Dal Yong Jin challenges theories of “odorless” hybridity, arguing for a politicized model of cultural mixing that keeps local specificity visible while negotiating unequal global media power. Read it here: https://t.co/BPXXp35Ue7
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From Squid Game pop-ups to Netflix House installations, Hyun-Jung Stephany Noh traces how dystopian K-dramas become immersive, branded experiences. Her essay shows how Netflix turns speculative fiction into a global marketing spectacle Read it here: https://t.co/c9Pehc3GFY
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Helen Piper examines the show The Assembly and compares the UK & Australian versions. In doing so, she reveals how format and post-production choices shape risk, reciprocity, and the politics of inclusion. Read it here: https://t.co/aztlBObsN7
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Guillermina Zabala Suárez asks: Can digital media become a device to create awareness of health issues in out communities? Read it here: https://t.co/CgZVKg99XK
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In a new essay, @LaurelPRogers examines the role of the fanboy auteur in HBO's backstage comedy "The Franchise," which satirizes Hollywood's superhero industrial complex. Read: https://t.co/xkl7vU6xna
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Flow is experiencing some unexpected back end issues which have resulted in the site currently being down. We are doing our best to get this resolved as quickly as possible. Thanks to those who have already reached out!!
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In "Welcome to Wrexham and Representations of Management in Football (Soccer) as a Product of the “Media Sports Cultural Complex”" Andrew Stubbs-Lacy explores representation & construction of management in football with a focus on Welcome to Wrexham. Read: https://t.co/BrgPdRdgTe
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Dr. Roderik Smits explores various factors affecting what constitutes “fair pay” in the film and television industries. Read it here: https://t.co/URXhL4wuF0
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Gerald Sim critiques Big Tech’s lobbying strategies against antitrust legislation, arguing that companies use technoliberal narratives, racialized imagery & nationalist rhetoric, such as the “China Argument,” to manipulate public opinion and more. https://t.co/ELvB1GWJ2T
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.@mediated1 argues that advertising’s integration of AI media technologies is not driven by natural market tendencies but from systemic commodification & political-economic forces, analyzed through the Political Economy of Media & Communications framework. https://t.co/EEmNnaqPtd
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Dr. Newman explores the use of camera looks in sitcoms like Abbott Elementary as a comedic device. Establishing direct connection with the audience, blending traditions of comedic performance that invite viewer participation & emotional response. Read: https://t.co/F6Qe7IhdOR
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🥳New Flow?! With Michael Z. Newman, Gerald Sim, @mediated1, Roderik Smits, & Andrew Stubbs-Lacy! Topics include: camera looks in sitcoms, advertising’s integration of AI, Big Tech’s lobbying efforts, "fair pay” in media industries, & Welcome to Wrexham! https://t.co/uikvHj36rr
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.@i_swapnil_rai explores how streaming giants like Netflix and Amazon shape diplomacy, narratives, and policy, positioning themselves as cultural power brokers beyond national borders in an era of digital media dominance. Read it here: https://t.co/OaBA99jemd !
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In "Work Songs: Tiny Desk Concerts Reimagines Music Video and Public Radio" @ericdharvey examines the shifts in live music consumption with a focus on the evolution of NPR’s Tiny Desk Concerts. Read it here: https://t.co/lKbNBScncu ! https://t.co/vbZApPccPF
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Time to celebrate! New flow with work by @ericdharvey and @i_swapnil_rai! Topics include: NPR's Tiny Desk Concert and live music consumption & how streaming platforms like Netflix and Amazon are positioning themselves as global cultural power brokers. https://t.co/uikvHj36rr
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.@KEBennettPhD examines the production culture from the perspective of across-the-line workers at the entry level in "Across-the-Line: The Invisible Labor and Cultural Mechanics of Hollywood’s Entry-Level Workforce." Read it here: https://t.co/eVmoX7aarW !
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