Episode 54: Always Time for Humane TV
The start of something(s) new! Aca-Media continues remote broadcasting and introduces two new series for your listening – and streaming? – pleasure. First is a sneak peek of “Talking Television in a Pandemic,” a new series launching right here on Aca-Media, where television scholars Hunter Hargraves, Lynne Joyrich, and Brandy Monk-Payton discuss what it means to watch TV during the pandemic. Touching on everything from epistemology to pedagogy, this series will launch right here in your podcast feed, so don’t miss it! And not to be outdone, Chris begins an exciting new segment of Aca-Media and starts interviewing this year’s SCMS Award Winners, giving them a chance to claim the spotlight! This time we talk with Alisa Lebow, Patrick Brown, and Eliza Steinbock about their innovative and exciting scholarship and media projects.
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Opening Banter
Talking TV in a Pandemic
Hunter Hargraves at California State University, Fullerton
Lynne Joyrich at Brown University
Brandy Monk-Payton at Fordham University
Lynne Joyrich, “Watching Television in a Pandemic”
Paula Treichler, How to Have Theory in an Epidemic
Douglas Crimp
Stuart Hall, Critical Dialogues in Cultural Studies
Who Was Pedro Zamora?
“Pedro Zamora’s Real World of Counterpublicity: Performing an Ethics of the Self” by José Esteban Muñoz
Parks and Recreation Special
“Just In Time For The Pandemic, Netflix Scores With 'Tiger King'”
The Good Fight
Talkingtelevisioninapandemic@gmail.com
#TalkTVinapandemic
SCMS Awards
SCMS Awards Website, Past Awards
2020 SCMS Awards Winners
SCMS Award Committees
Alisa Lebow, Filming Revolution (Correction: Dr. Lebow received her PhD in 2001, not 2011 as stated in the episode)
Patrick Brown, “The Hands of the Other: Media Allegory in Bioshock and The Hands of Orlac”
Eliza Steinbock, Shimmering Images
Veruca Salt, “Shimmer Like a Girl”
Closing Banter
Man Builds Two Kitty Towers For His Cats
‘Neighbours’ Iconic Australian Soap Opera Resumes Production
BBC boss hints EastEnders will introduce upsetting coronavirus storylines
Chris’s totally funny “It’s 5pm everywhere” tweet (you had to be there)