Category: TV, internet and other media

Reactionary reflexivity Part 2: How Police Beatings are Described as ‘Heightened Chaos’

18 July 2024 / 149

Dennid Broe concludes his analysis of reactionary reflexivity by focusing on TV news coverage Nowhere is the hardening of the once playful strategy of reflexivity discussed in... Continue reading

Dennis Broe

TV, internet and other media

Reactionary Reflexivity: Sealing the Iron Dome on Media Coverage of Gaza, Part One

15 July 2024 / 120

Part One of two articles on the modern media, by Dennis Broe. Image above: The New York Times: Is Any of Their News Fit to Print? There was... Continue reading

Dennis Broe

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The Doctor

4 June 2024 / 118

While the Doctor became Ncuti Gatwa way back in The Giggle, Ncuti Gatwa only became the Doctor with the Saturday-night debut of this episode. The actor’s abilities... Continue reading

Paul Victor Tims

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‘The Sympathizer’: Not Sympathetic Enough

20 April 2024 / 133

HBO’s The Sympathizer, from the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Viet Thanh Nguyen, opens with a quote: “All wars are fought twice, once on the battlefield and the... Continue reading

Dennis Broe

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The Good, the Bad and the (possibly) Interesting: Previews of some Spring global TV series

15 April 2024 / 145

Dennis Broe previews some upcoming TV series. Image above: Machine, now streaming on Arte What follows are a few global series worth watching in the coming months, along... Continue reading

Dennis Broe

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The Decline of Streaming Services and the Exploitation of AI for Profit

12 April 2024 / 126

Dennis Broe explains the decline in the quality as well as quantity of streamed series, and the exploitative use of Artifical Intelligence by the industry. Photo above: SORA’s... Continue reading

Dennis Broe

TV, internet and other media

How to Protest: UK Politics, Press and Propaganda

10 April 2024 / 137

Brett Gregory interviews Giedre Kubiliute, principal author of Protests and the Media: A Critical Event Studies Exploration into the Future of Protest (Routledge, 2024) BG: Hi, my... Continue reading

Brett Gregory

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George Galloway MP: Mainstream Media’s Latest Sacrificial Lamb

4 April 2024 / 113

Dr. Matt Alford writes about the media campaign against George Galloway In early March, the late night UK comedy show, ‘The Last Leg’, responded to Respect leader... Continue reading

Matt Alford

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‘This Town’: Trite, tropey, bloodless, racist guff

3 April 2024 / 111

Fran Lock gives the thumbs-down to This Town. Image above: Bardon Quinn (Ben Rose), Gregory Williams (Jordan Bolger), Dante Williams (Levi Brown) (Image: BBC/Banijay Rights/Kudos) So far there’s... Continue reading

Fran Lock

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The imperialist problem of ‘3 Body Problem’

1 April 2024 / 124

Dennis Broe outlines 3 Body Problem’s imperialist problem. Image above: the Chinese Cultural Revolution as a moment of chaos In Culture and Imperialism, Palestinian scholar Edward Said details... Continue reading

Dennis Broe

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