Theme Weeks

Technological Object Orientations [January 10-14, 2011]

Sisters are doing it for themselves

Sisters are doing it for themselves
by Robert Alan Brookey

Physical to Digital and Back: Bespoke Media

Physical to Digital and Back: Bespoke Media
by Joe Grobelny

"Like holding the future in your hands": The Gadget ...
by Grant Wythoff

"Smart TV"? Don't be stupid.
by Max Dawson

How 'bout Them Apples? – A 19th Century Object Lesson for 21st Century Technology

How 'bout Them Apples? – A 19th Century Object ...
by David J. Gunkel

IMR Retrospective: Staff Selections from Summer-Fall 2010 [Dec. 20-24, 2010]

Please Feed the Trolls: 4chan and Vernacular Media Policy

Please Feed the Trolls: 4chan and Vernacular Media ...
by Bill Kirkpatrick

Cuddly Kittens and Chainsaw Bayonets: Where Do Kids Fit into Today’s Video Game Landscape?

Cuddly Kittens and Chainsaw Bayonets: Where Do Kids ...
by Steven Boyer

Westen Meets Lawson: Formula as Brand and the Potential of a USA Network Genre

Westen Meets Lawson: Formula as Brand and the ...
by Charlotte Howell

Metafiction for Children: A User's Guide

Metafiction for Children: A User's Guide
by Philip Nel

Inventing New Conventions for Digital Storytelling

Inventing New Conventions for Digital Storytelling
by Janet H. Murray

Spectatorship & Film [December 13-17, 2010]

The Art of Seduction: Film Spectatorship in the Age of the Cell Phone

The Art of Seduction: Film Spectatorship in the Age ...
by Sarah Sinwell

BIG News from India: BIG Cinemas and Diasporic Indian Moviegoing in the United States

BIG News from India: BIG Cinemas and Diasporic ...
by Ross Melnick

Puzzling Spectatorship

Puzzling Spectatorship
by Sarah Hamblin

The 3D Machine: An Experiment With Aura, Television, and Installation

The 3D Machine: An Experiment With Aura, ...
by Daniel C. Faltesek

DVDs Like LPs: The Musical Biopic Website and the Contemporary Film Collector

DVDs Like LPs: The Musical Biopic Website and the ...
by Jesse Schlotterbeck

Gaming [December 6-10, 2010]

The Flourish

The Flourish
by Simon Ferrari

Letting Go of Reality

Letting Go of Reality
by David Clayman

FarmVille: The Garden in the Machine

FarmVille: The Garden in the Machine
by Ted Friedman

Affirmative Activision

Affirmative Activision
by Nina Huntemann

Tron: A Canonical Tale of Stories, Games and Us

Tron: A Canonical Tale of Stories, Games and Us
by Brad King

Disability in the Media [November 29 - December 3, 2010]

A Disabling Environment

A Disabling Environment
by Katie Ellis

Diane Rehm and the Sound of Disability

Diane Rehm and the Sound of Disability
by Bill Kirkpatrick

Why did Britney Spears need to go to a mental hospital again?: Disabling Female Emotionality and Mentality in Popular Media

Why did Britney Spears need to go to a mental ...
by Youngchi Chang

Performance and Play: Mental Disability and the Class Character of Tarnation

Performance and Play: Mental Disability and the ...
by Rachel Thibault

Playing Through Representation: Disability, Fable 3, and Consequences

Playing Through Representation: Disability, Fable ...
by Liz Ellcessor

IMR Retrospective: Most Commented [November 22-25, 2010]

Subway Subtext: Jack in Japan

Subway Subtext: Jack in Japan
by Miranda Banks

The Making of “Desi” Culture on MTV

The Making of “Desi” Culture on MTV
by Madhavi Mallapragada

Television and Reality: The Politics of Representation in Celebrity Big Brother, U.K.

Television and Reality: The Politics of ...
by Shanti Kumar

Beyond Broadcast: Launching NITV on Isuma TV

Beyond Broadcast: Launching NITV on Isuma TV
by Faye Ginsburg

"I'm not a feminist… I love men": Rethinking Lady ...
by Jessalynn Keller

The Harry Potter Franchise [November 15-19, 2010]

Growing Up Potter: Death and Maturity in the Harry Potter Fandom

Growing Up Potter: Death and Maturity in the Harry ...
by Kelly Stringer

Coming of Age with Harry

Coming of Age with Harry
by Mary Stuckey

Transmedia Recipes? Consuming Butterbeer, Pumpkin Juice and Everyflavor Beans

Transmedia Recipes? Consuming Butterbeer, Pumpkin ...
by Lisa Schmidt

Harry Potter and the Satanic Specters: The Franchise as Seen Through its Religious Metaliterature

Harry Potter and the Satanic Specters: The ...
by Vincent Gonzalez

Three is the Magic Number: Trios and Trinities in Harry Potter

Three is the Magic Number: Trios and Trinities in ...
by Christopher Bell

Sports & Media: Football/Futbol [November 8-12, 2010]

The Goal Felt 'Round the States: Reaction Videos as Sites of National Unity

The Goal Felt 'Round the States: Reaction Videos as ...
by Charlotte Howell

Football in the Shadows of the 2010 World Cup

Football in the Shadows of the 2010 World Cup
by Ron Krabill

Turning the Game On: The NFL’s Blackout Rule and the Mediation of Football

Turning the Game On: The NFL’s Blackout Rule and ...
by Alex Kupfer

Poaching highlights: The curious case of NFL Network’s RedZone channel

Poaching highlights: The curious case of NFL ...
by Harper Cossar

Framing Soccer for the Network Era: ABC and the Challenge to Nationally Broadcast the North American Soccer League, 1979-1981

Framing Soccer for the Network Era: ABC and the ...
by Eric Dewberry

U.S. Midterm Elections [November 1-6, 2010]

Daydreaming a few weeks before the Mid-Terms

Daydreaming a few weeks before the Mid-Terms
by Paul Stekler

Stoking xenophobia to win the hearts and minds of Ohioans

Stoking xenophobia to win the hearts and minds of ...
by Sheryl Cunningham

Political Protest in the Era of New Media

Political Protest in the Era of New Media
by Daniel Marcus

'Restoring Honor,' Appropriating Images: The Conservative Movement’s Co-optation of Shepard Fairey’s Obama Portrait

'Restoring Honor,' Appropriating Images: The ...
by Joel Penney

Possibilities and Perils of Voting in An Electronic Age

Possibilities and Perils of Voting in An Electronic Age
by Ann Williams

Branding [October 25-29, 2010]

Branding in an Evolving Audience Marketplace

Branding in an Evolving Audience Marketplace
by Philip Napoli

(Re)Claiming Space in the Kids Cable Game: Discovery, Hasbro, and The Hub

(Re)Claiming Space in the Kids Cable Game: ...
by Lindsay H. Garrison

Whose Stories Matter?: AMC's Post-Network Brand

Whose Stories Matter?: AMC's Post-Network Brand
by Barbara Selznick

Twitter and the Branding of the Celebrity Self

Twitter and the Branding of the Celebrity Self
by Erin Meyers

When Advertising to Advertisers Invades the Public Sphere

When Advertising to Advertisers Invades the Public ...
by Gladys Santiago