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  Springfield, Iraq

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  Jonathan Gray University of Wisconsin - Madison

  November 10, 2006

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  begins. Earlier in the episode, Springfieldians were the Americans in this story, easily succumbing to ...
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  "Don't Shoot!" Hetero Masquerade on Project Runway

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  Heather Hendershot City University of New York, Queens College

  December 12, 2006

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  "Don't Shoot!" Hetero Masquerade on Project Runway performance queerness masculinity reality TV Project Runway rural Curator's Note In Season One of Project Runway, we learn surprisingly little about characters' backgrounds. It is ...
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  The Third Kind of Heat: 30 Rock & Overcooked Synergy

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  Jason Mittell Middlebury College

  October 25, 2006

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  The Third Kind of Heat: 30 Rock & Overcooked Synergy advertising product integration NBC 30 Rock General Electric synergy Curator's Note In the pilot of 30 Rock, Jack Donaghy (as smarmed by Alec Baldwin) takes over NBC's oversight of a sketc ...
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  Bleak House- Beautiful Things

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  John Hartley Queensland University of Technology (Australia)

  November 17, 2006

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  Bleak House- Beautiful Things affect Youtube BBC fandom pro-am DIY Bleak House Gilian Anderson Andain Curator's Note I'm not sure what's most appropriate for In Media Res. Something notable from recent broadcast television, like BBC's ...
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  Holding Out For A Hiro

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  Henry Jenkins Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism, University of Southern California

  October 24, 2006

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  Holding Out For A Hiro transnationalism superheroes NBC comic books Heroes X-men Japan Curator's Note Hiro Nakamura, salary man, otaku, "superhiro," superfan, has emerged as the most popular character on NBC's new Heroes. Here are a fe ...