Just TV

The Short Season and Short Asides

by Jason Mittell — Middlebury College
June 13, 2009 – 22:26

I’ve got a few random thoughts that have been piling up without sufficient mass to justify a full post. So here’s a compilation of stuff passing through my mind, Larry King style. ... read more »

Notes on Serial Forms conference

by Jason Mittell — Middlebury College
June 10, 2009 – 09:08

I spent part of last week on a quick, tiring, but exciting trip to Zurich. I was an invited presenter at University of Zurich’s conference on Serial Forms, a small but well-focused 3-day conference focused on serial narratives across a range of media. ... read more »

Settle down about new Buffy film

by Jason Mittell — Middlebury College
May 27, 2009 – 08:37

The internets have been blazing over the last two days about the reported feature film version of Buffy the Vampire Slayer that would not involve Joss Whedon. While I try to not to place this blog in the maelstrom of rumor mongering and fan panic, I’m inspired to take a break from grading to share this simple message:

Relax. ... read more »

Listen to me babble

by Jason Mittell — Middlebury College
May 19, 2009 – 10:51

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The Lost Payoff

by Jason Mittell — Middlebury College
May 14, 2009 – 11:07

Gotta take a break from grading to write about Lost’s rollicking season finale, and season 5 in general. Spoilery goodness beneath the fold. ... read more »

Trapped in a web of meta-Wikipedia

by Jason Mittell — Middlebury College
May 06, 2009 – 22:42

I stumbled across this article via Google Alerts discussing the varying practices within Wikipedia. I discovered it because one of the examples it uses is… my Wikipedia entry: ... read more »

A little cynicism about the Susan Boyle phenomenon

by Jason Mittell — Middlebury College
April 23, 2009 – 22:34

First off, I just wanted to mention that I’ll be at Media in Transition 6 this weekend, so if you’re in Cambridge, say hi! I’m a respondant on a panel about using moving images as a rhetorical mode of film & media criticism on Sunday morning – it should be an interesting discussion. ... read more »

Continued disappointment with Friday Night Lights

by Jason Mittell — Middlebury College
April 18, 2009 – 09:51

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Burning up the internets

by Jason Mittell — Middlebury College
April 13, 2009 – 22:23

Just a couple of quick links & promotions before I carve out the time for a real blog post: ... read more »

Essential tools for navigating digital culture

by Jason Mittell — Middlebury College
April 09, 2009 – 23:04

I’ve been asked by my friend/colleague/Dean/Provost Tim Spears to contribute to his blog, One Dean’s View, offering a post on a few digital tools that I find essential for navigating my digital life. Here’s what I had to say, reblogged: ... read more »