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Television Pictures

by Michael Z. Newman — University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee
March 15, 2012 – 10:15

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Video Game Historiography and the Archives of New Media: A Research ...

by Michael Z. Newman — University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee
January 30, 2012 – 10:12

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Video Games Seminar

by Michael Z. Newman — University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee
January 24, 2012 – 11:57

In Spring 2012 I’m teaching a graduate seminar on video games. (That link takes you to my syllabus on the course blog.)

Juror #12

by Michael Z. Newman — University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee
January 13, 2012 – 22:31

I was a juror in a criminal case earlier this week. I went for jury duty with the idea of comparing the experience with representations of court proceedings in narrative media. I wasn’t exactly hoping to be selected for a jury, but I also wasn’t trying to avoid it. What follows are just my observations, and I hope I don’t seem to be making them out to be more noteworthy than they are. My experience as a juror was probably pretty typical. The case wasn’t dramatic, and the outcome wasn’t surprising. I didn’t learn a lot, or make friends, or find my life changed.... read more »

Faves, 2011

by Michael Z. Newman — University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee
December 31, 2011 – 07:22

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Laugh Track

by Michael Z. Newman — University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee
November 09, 2011 – 16:33

I have a post up at antenna called Notes on the Laugh Track, which is a blog version of some thoughts I presented last month in Madison at a conference on TV comedy. Some of the ideas in it may be familiar to long-time readers; for more, see these old posts:... read more »

PowerPoint

by Michael Z. Newman — University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee
October 26, 2011 – 20:51

The International Journal of Communication has just published a new section of essays on academic labor edited by Jonathan Sterne, and I’m really excited to have my work included in it. The essay is one I co-wrote with a friend I made at a Zionist summer camp in Canada in 1987, Ira Wagman. It’s called “PowerPoint and Labor in the Mediated Classroom“ (pdf).... read more »

Gchat Status, an Appreciation

by Michael Z. Newman — University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee
October 26, 2011 – 06:53

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Legitimating Television: Blogversation

by Michael Z. Newman — University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee
September 23, 2011 – 10:37

This is cross-posted at Dr. Television.

In this post, Elana Levine and I aim to offer a look into the origins and purpose of our new book, Legitimating Televison: Media Convergence and Cultural Status. We include an abstract of our argument (which is also our back cover copy), and then engage in a “blogversation” about the project and its aims.... read more »

Legitimating Television, Process

by Michael Z. Newman — University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee
September 19, 2011 – 09:23

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