The Extratextuals

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The Media Studies Job Market, 3: Think Like a Search Committee

And I’ll tell you why I can’t put up with you people: because you’re bastard people! That’s what you are! You’re just bastard people! And I’m goin’ home and I’m gonna… I’m gonna bite my pillow, is what I’m gonna do!

– Corky St. Clair, Waiting for Guffman

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The Media Studies Job Market, 2: A Timeline

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The Media Studies Job Market: A Quick Interlude

I realized that I should probably explain the future posts that you can expect. That way, if you have questions, you may want to hold them for specific topics. Also, I apologize, but my blog doesn’t seem to thread comments well, which makes it harder to read answers to questions. I think it’s the fault of the Word Press “theme” I’m working with. ... read more »

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The Media Studies Job Market, 1: Intro & A Warning

So, I’ve decided to write a series of posts with advice and comments on the whole process of the media studies job market. Sorry to any non-academic readers, but since I don’t think I have any readers anyways, I’m not too concerned! ... read more »

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Selling Lost in Malawi, Part II

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Selling Lost in Malawi

By way of contextualizing info, I’m currently in Liwonde, Malawi. It’s the second time I’ve been here, doing fieldwork once more (indeed, I posted some observations last time, but my Net access is poor enough that I hope you’ll pardon the lack of hyperlinks — just go look for Malawi tags instead). I’m primarily interested in what films, television, and music are here, how they got here, what’s popular, and what people think of the media around them and think of with that media. ... read more »

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The Freshman TV Class of 2010-2011, Part 4: The Other Dramas

Rather than organize these by network, which would be a bit obvious and boring, how about instead I list them from least interesting (to me) to most interesting?

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The Freshman TV Class of 2010-2011, Part 3: Procedurals

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The Freshman TV Class of 2010-2011, Part 2: Reality Television

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The Freshman TV Class of 2010-2011, Part 1: The Sitcoms