Content tagged "entertainment"
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Podcast: Anushka Shah, “How Entertainment Can Help Fix the System”
Anushka Shah asks, our trust in politics and public institutions is falling globally — can entertainment and pop culture be a way out?
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Parmesh Shahani, SM ’05: “Drawing Inspiration from Mumbai”
From the MIT Technology Review’s alumni notes comes this piece on Parmesh Shahani, CMS master’s class of 2005.
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From the CMS archive: “The Real World’s Faker than Wrestling: Former WWE Champion and Best-Selling Author Mick Foley”
Mick Foley, one of the top wrestling performers of the past decade, talked about his experiences as an entertainer and bestselling author.
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Comparative Media Insights: “Viva Las Vegas: a Neo-Baroque Conception of the World”
Angela Ndalianis analyze how Las Vegas — a city-as-monument to entertainment and leisure culture — has appropriated tropes and modes of engagement taken from pre-20th Century high culture traditions of the Church and aristocracy.
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Futures of Entertainment 4
Futures of Entertainment 4 once again brings together key industry leaders and academic scholars who are shaping these new directions in our culture.
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Video and podcast: “Popular Culture and the Political Imagination”
Might the political consciousness of the new generation be taking shape in and around popular culture? Are we seeing a blurring of the roles of citizen and consumer?
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CMS alum Parmesh Shahani on promoting brands in Bollywood films
Parmesh Shahani: “The film, through the reach of Bollywood, will be our ambassador abroad.”
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Transformational Tales: Media, Makeovers, and Material Culture
American makeover culture, thorough detailed case studies that represent an increasing confluence of commerce, entertainment, and, at times, spirituality.
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Podcast: Futures of Entertainment 2: “Opening Remarks (Day Two)”
With Jason Mittell, Middlebury College; Jonathan Gray, Fordham University; and Lee Harrington, Miami University
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Podcast: Futures of Entertainment 2: “Fan Labor”
What do we gain by applying a theory of labor to think about the invisible work performed by fans and other consumers within the new media economy?
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Futures of Entertainment 2
Developments in advertising, cult media, metrics, measurement, and accounting for audiences, cultural labor and audience relations.
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As the World Turns in a Convergence Culture
How the soap opera industry is and could be further adapting to the technological and social changes of a convergence culture to maintain and revitalize the genre’s relevance for viewers and advertisers alike.
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Expectations Across Entertainment Media
The implicit contract between the purveyor of an entertainment property and their audience, and the consequences of frustrating audience expectations.
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Podcast: Mick Foley, “The Real World”s Faker than Wrestling”
Mick Foley, one of the top wrestling performers of the past decade, talked about his experiences as an entertainer and bestselling author who has written three memoirs.
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“This One’s Gonna Be a Slobberknocker”: A Q&A with WWE’s “Good Ol’ J.R.” Jim Ross
Jim Ross, the longtime voice of World Wrestling Entertainment, joins CMS graduate student Sam Ford to discuss the unique blend of reality and fiction in the world of American professional wrestling.
