Episode 15: How You're Supposed to Act on TV (June, 2014): Luke Stadel on Cable and Pornography; What Does the Standalone MA Offer Students?
The "academic summer" has begun, which means we're … working as hard as ever! This month, Luke Stadel joins us for our "Cinema Journal Presents" segment on the intersections of cable television, pornography, and regulation. It's safe for work but h-o-t-t nonetheless. Then Chris discusses the value of the standalone M.A. in Media Studies with professors at three schools that have started such programs. Finally, Michael and Chris discuss what they are watching.
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News & Notes
The Hidden Work Life of University Faculty
How to Avoid Plumbing Disasters
Cinema Journal Presents: Luke Stadel
Luke's page at Academia.edu
"Cable, Pornography, and the Reinvention of Television, 1982–1989" (read the first few pages here)
Sen. Jesse Helms
Cable Porn and Dial-a-Porn Control Act (1985)
Playboy TV (formerly the Playboy Channel)
Mark Fowler
Fowler's "Toaster With Pictures" comment
Telecommunications Act of 1996
Communications Decency Act
HBO
Cinemax/Skinemax
Lynn Spigel's Make Room for TV
Aniko Bodroghkozy's Groove Tube: Sixties Television and the Youth Rebellion
The FCC's FAQ on broadcast vs. cable regulation
Pacifica (FCC v. Pacifica Foundation, 1978)
Fuckbook (NSFW)
“It’s Not Porn, It’s HBO” (language NSFW)
"Quality Television" discourse
Tales From the Crypt
True Detective
Lynn Spigel at Northwestern
Jonathan Coopersmith's CV listing several of his relevant articles
William Uricchio on the interpretative flexibility of television
Philip Sewell's Television in the Age of Radio
Shawn Vancour's page at Academia.edu with several articles on television sound
Doron Galili's "Seeing by Electricity: The Emergence of Television and the Modern Mediascape, 1878-1939"
Dumont Television
Stadel's CJ Afterthoughts link
The Rifleman
Pong (go on, play a round--it's summer, so you have loads of time, right?)
What Does the Standalone MA Offer Students?
Southern Methodist University’s MA program in Film and Media Arts
Sean Griffin's page
Derek Kompare's page
Kevin Heffernan's page
G. William Jones Film & Video Archive
Ronald Davis Oral History
Kirsten Pullen’s page
Texas A&M’s MA in Performance Studies
Elana Levine’s page
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee’s MA in Media Studies
Melissa Zimdars at University of Iowa and on Twitter
John Vanderhoef at UCSB and on Twitter
What We’re Watching
No Way Out
The National Spelling Bee
ATX Television Festival
Celebrity Studies Conference