Stranded in Osaka: Storytelling through TikTok
Trevor Boffone / University of Houston
Trevor Boffone recounts a harrowing experience traveling back from Japan with a cohort of high school students. Dr. Boffone became a viral news story through the storytelling affordances of TikTok. He reflects upon these affordances, positioning the platform as a site of agency and self-determination.
Read moreExporting local nostalgia – Polish past for global audiences
Sylwia Szostak / SWPS University
Dr. Sylwia Szostak examines Netflix’s “nostalgia strategy” in a recent Polish film, Mr. Car and the Knights Templar, arguing that global distribution results in the delocalization of Netflix’s “local productions.”
Read moreSam Reich’s Dropout: Ethical Collaboration and Engaging Fandom Toward Niche Streaming Survival
Charlotte Howell / Boston University
Charlotte Howell looks at Dropout CEO Sam Reich’s public approach to operations which emphasizes collaboration both on-screen and with a devoted, niche fanbase. Reich has been developing a unique media executive persona fitting for a niche streaming service based in the fundamental collaborative form of improv comedy.
Read moreMapping Situated Practice from an Insider’s Perspective
Josephine Coleman / Brunel University
Josephine Coleman uses her research experience to reflect on participant observation from an insider’s perspective.
Read moreOver*Flow: Martha Stewart’s Star Persona and the 21st-Century Influencer
Emma Ginsberg / Georgetown University
Emma Ginsberg details the development of Martha Stewart’s enduring star image and contemporary influencer persona, which centers around whiteness, privilege, and affluence.
Read moreOver*Flow: Trans Joy and Body Horror in Emerging Trans Cinema
Paige Macintosh / Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington
Macintosh explores trans joy through the body horror genre and the Willem Koller-helmed independent film Nest.
Read moreOver*Flow: “Birth is Violent”: Television’s Response to Post-Roe Reproductive Politics
Reut Odinak / Boston University
Odinak considers how, as the debate over reproductive autonomy rages on in a post-Roe world, television has responded with representations demonstrating how birth is violent, controlling reproductive bodies is cruel, and forcing people into giving birth is barbaric.
Read more”Real EMO”: Mythologizing and Marketing EMO Music
Francesca Sobande / Cardiff University
Francesca Sobande explores emo’s nostalgic resurgence, raising questions about authenticity, youth culture, mythologization, and the role of industrial and commercial activities in shaping the genre.
Read moreReaching young audiences in a multi-platform era: What to do?!
Eva Novrup Redvall, University of Copenhagen
Eva Novrup Redvall examines current challenges of creating media for youth audiences, while reflecting on the 2023 international conference Reaching Young Audiences: Investigating media content for children and young people in a multi-platform era, held at the University of Copenhagen.
Read moreBoys Love (BL) Evolving into Gay Love?: Exploring the Popularity and Transformations of BL in Contemporary Korean Media
Jungmin Kwon / Portland State University
Jungmin Kwon explores audiences for Boys Love media in South Korea, uncovering a shift from mostly heterosexual women to more diverse queer audiences.
Read moreThe Rise of Data Analysis in the Indian OTT market: The Case of Ormax Media
Ishita Tiwary / Concordia University
Ishita Tiwari examines Ormax Media, India’s leading media consulting firm, and its rising influence on the OTT market.
Read moreLove Me, Love Me Not: Spectacularizing ‘Love Migration’ In Scandinavian Reality TV
Georgia Aitaki / Karlstad University
Georgia Aitaki explores discourses of migration and culture on Sweden’s Älskar, Älskar Inte (Love Me, Love Me Not.)
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