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  Re: Reality TV in a War Zone

  Yes, this is clearly one of

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  Thursday, April 26, 2007 — 7:42 pm

  there is a great need for "real" shows about real issues throughtout the world. Learning that ... admiration that we learn that the show will provide a need for social change among Iraq-or at least try to ...
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  Re: Television and Reality: The Politics of Representation in Celebrity Big Brother, U.K.

  I agree that she must have

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  Thursday, April 26, 2007 — 7:26 pm

  a level of acceptance up front. We all learn differently about other races and cultures from our schools ...
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  Reality TV in a War Zone

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  Serra Tinic University of Alberta

  April 23, 2007

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  Here we also learn that Iraqi Star (based on Pop Idol) is not only about launching the next national ...
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  Television and Reality: The Politics of Representation in Celebrity Big Brother, U.K.

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  Shanti Kumar University of Texas at Austin

  April 17, 2007

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  Television and Reality: The Politics of Representation in Celebrity Big Brother, U.K. South Asian Shilpa Shetty reality TV racism Jane Goody intersectionality international TV formats diaspora class channel 4 Britain Bollywood Big Brother Curator's N ...
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  Re: “Define Good”: The Anxious Pleasures of Subscribing to HBO

  Good points all. I am not

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  Avi Santo Old Dominion University

  Tuesday, April 17, 2007 — 5:31 am

  its run and SFU's narrative thrust is about the re-imagining of the American family following the ...
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  “Define Good”: The Anxious Pleasures of Subscribing to HBO

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  Avi Santo Old Dominion University

  April 13, 2007

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  “Define Good”: The Anxious Pleasures of Subscribing to HBO narrative branding HBO masculinity Rome genre quality TV masochism premium cable Curator's Note HBO’s anti-television branding strategies are also gendered affairs. If TV and its viewers have ...
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  Subway Subtext: Jack in Japan

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  Miranda Banks Loyola Marymount University

  April 03, 2007

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  Subway Subtext: Jack in Japan Lost in Translation Kiefer Sutherland Japan globalization celebrity endorsement advertisement 24 Curator's Note The subway hurtles through the tunnel, paralleling Jack Bauer’s dogged, singular intention. No one—not even ...
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  Steel Magnolia: Nancy Grace and the Epistemology of Place

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  Hollis Griffin Denison University

  March 30, 2007

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  on. Viewers learned that Grace was a prosecutor, victims' rights advocate and a crime victim ...
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  Lost In Seriality

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  Derek Kompare Southern Methodist University

  March 29, 2007

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  since Dallas and Hill Street Blues, and long-running, complex narratives have driven daily daytime soap ...
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  “A Trek for Our Time”: The Continuing Relevance and Resonance of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

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  Allison McCracken DePaul University

  March 19, 2007

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  women in leading roles and foreground non-normative gender and sexual roles. During its run, DS-9 was ...

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