Flow
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Coordinated by Radio-TV-Film graduate students at UT Austin, Flow Journal's mission is to provide a critical forum on the changing landscape of contemporary television and media.
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A December gift 🎁- a brand new issue of FLOW! With columns by Whit Pow, Christine J. Cynn & Maggie Bertsche, Jennifer M. Kang, Kallia O. Wright, David C. Oh, Crystal S. Anderson, Diana Flores Ruiz, and Benjamin M. Han.
Read all the columns at flowjournal.org!
Read all the columns at flowjournal.org!
Christine J. Cynn & Maggie Bertsche examine VCU’s East Marshall Street Well Project, uncovering racist histories of anatomical dissection & exploring current community-led efforts toward ethical research and reburial of stolen remains
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December 18, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Christine J. Cynn & Maggie Bertsche examine VCU’s East Marshall Street Well Project, uncovering racist histories of anatomical dissection & exploring current community-led efforts toward ethical research and reburial of stolen remains
Read it here: tinyurl.com/yb43f64y
Read it here: tinyurl.com/yb43f64y
In "The Noise Hits All at Once: A Trans History of the Votrax SC-01 Voice Synthesis Chip" Whit Pow asks what happens when an electronic sound becomes legible as a voice?
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December 8, 2025 at 4:41 PM
In "The Noise Hits All at Once: A Trans History of the Votrax SC-01 Voice Synthesis Chip" Whit Pow asks what happens when an electronic sound becomes legible as a voice?
Read it here: tinyurl.com/4tmt9meu
Read it here: tinyurl.com/4tmt9meu
A December gift 🎁- a brand new issue of FLOW! With columns by Whit Pow, Christine J. Cynn & Maggie Bertsche, Jennifer M. Kang, Kallia O. Wright, David C. Oh, Crystal S. Anderson, Diana Flores Ruiz, and Benjamin M. Han.
Read all the columns at flowjournal.org!
Read all the columns at flowjournal.org!
a little boy is smiling and saying `` best day ever '' with his arms outstretched .
ALT: a little boy is smiling and saying `` best day ever '' with his arms outstretched .
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December 5, 2025 at 7:22 PM
A December gift 🎁- a brand new issue of FLOW! With columns by Whit Pow, Christine J. Cynn & Maggie Bertsche, Jennifer M. Kang, Kallia O. Wright, David C. Oh, Crystal S. Anderson, Diana Flores Ruiz, and Benjamin M. Han.
Read all the columns at flowjournal.org!
Read all the columns at flowjournal.org!
Examining South Korea’s rapid economic ascent, Gil-Soo Han reveals how “nouveau-riche nationalism” collides with migrant realities. Centering on the Naju forklift abuse case, he exposes how economic pride and social hierarchy intersect
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Read it here: tinyurl.com/5ywctjz5
November 10, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Examining South Korea’s rapid economic ascent, Gil-Soo Han reveals how “nouveau-riche nationalism” collides with migrant realities. Centering on the Naju forklift abuse case, he exposes how economic pride and social hierarchy intersect
Read it here: tinyurl.com/5ywctjz5
Read it here: tinyurl.com/5ywctjz5
Golden M. Owens reinterprets Rosey the Robot as a futuristic Mammy figure, linking domestic servitude, robot etymologies, and animation history to show how racialized labor logics persist beneath the surface of family entertainment.
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Read it here: tinyurl.com/56v38frs
November 6, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Golden M. Owens reinterprets Rosey the Robot as a futuristic Mammy figure, linking domestic servitude, robot etymologies, and animation history to show how racialized labor logics persist beneath the surface of family entertainment.
Read it here: tinyurl.com/56v38frs
Read it here: tinyurl.com/56v38frs
Anna Lovatt traces how artists from Mimi Smith to Letícia Parente used television and video to redraw the boundaries between art, media, and everyday life. The column reveals how the “screen age” has transformed drawing
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Read it here: tinyurl.com/3knva3wp
November 5, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Anna Lovatt traces how artists from Mimi Smith to Letícia Parente used television and video to redraw the boundaries between art, media, and everyday life. The column reveals how the “screen age” has transformed drawing
Read it here: tinyurl.com/3knva3wp
Read it here: tinyurl.com/3knva3wp
In his analysis of K-Pop Demon Hunters, Dal Yong Jin challenges theories of “odorless” hybridity, arguing for a politicized model of cultural mixing that keeps local specificity visible while negotiating unequal global media power.
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Read it here: tinyurl.com/2xft2667
November 4, 2025 at 10:07 PM
In his analysis of K-Pop Demon Hunters, Dal Yong Jin challenges theories of “odorless” hybridity, arguing for a politicized model of cultural mixing that keeps local specificity visible while negotiating unequal global media power.
Read it here: tinyurl.com/2xft2667
Read it here: tinyurl.com/2xft2667
From Squid Game pop-ups to Netflix House installations, Hyun-Jung Stephany Noh traces how dystopian K-dramas become immersive, branded experiences. Her essay shows how Netflix turns speculative fiction into a global marketing spectacle
Read it here: tinyurl.com/h7epx33m
Read it here: tinyurl.com/h7epx33m
November 3, 2025 at 4:55 PM
From Squid Game pop-ups to Netflix House installations, Hyun-Jung Stephany Noh traces how dystopian K-dramas become immersive, branded experiences. Her essay shows how Netflix turns speculative fiction into a global marketing spectacle
Read it here: tinyurl.com/h7epx33m
Read it here: tinyurl.com/h7epx33m
Helen Piper examines the show The Assembly and compares the UK & Australian versions. In doing so, she reveals how format and post-production choices shape risk, reciprocity, and the politics of inclusion.
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October 29, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Helen Piper examines the show The Assembly and compares the UK & Australian versions. In doing so, she reveals how format and post-production choices shape risk, reciprocity, and the politics of inclusion.
Read it here: tinyurl.com/5y7y4cax
Read it here: tinyurl.com/5y7y4cax
Guillermina Zabala Suárez asks: Can digital media become a device to create awareness of health issues in out communities?
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October 28, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Guillermina Zabala Suárez asks: Can digital media become a device to create awareness of health issues in out communities?
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Read it here: tinyurl.com/mt5secz3
New Flow?! 🚨 With Guillermina Zabala Suárez, Helen Piper, Hyun Jung Stephany Noh, Dal Yong Jin, Anna Lovatt, Golden M. Owens, and Gil-Soo Han! Topics vary from The Jetsons to The Asembly, K-Dramas, medical issues and more! Read all the columns at flowjournal.org! 🥳
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October 27, 2025 at 7:23 PM
New Flow?! 🚨 With Guillermina Zabala Suárez, Helen Piper, Hyun Jung Stephany Noh, Dal Yong Jin, Anna Lovatt, Golden M. Owens, and Gil-Soo Han! Topics vary from The Jetsons to The Asembly, K-Dramas, medical issues and more! Read all the columns at flowjournal.org! 🥳
In a new essay, @aca-laurel.bsky.social examines the role of the fanboy auteur in HBO's backstage comedy "The Franchise," which satirizes Hollywood's superhero industrial complex. Read: www.flowjournal.org/2025/07/fanb...
July 30, 2025 at 8:19 PM
In a new essay, @aca-laurel.bsky.social examines the role of the fanboy auteur in HBO's backstage comedy "The Franchise," which satirizes Hollywood's superhero industrial complex. Read: www.flowjournal.org/2025/07/fanb...
Flow is experiencing some unexpected back end issues which have resulted in the site currently being down. We are doing our best to get this resolved as quickly as possible. Thanks to those who have already reached out!!
May 27, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Flow is experiencing some unexpected back end issues which have resulted in the site currently being down. We are doing our best to get this resolved as quickly as possible. Thanks to those who have already reached out!!
In "Welcome to Wrexham and Representations of Management in Football (Soccer) as a Product of the “Media Sports Cultural Complex”" Andrew Stubbs-Lacy explores representation & construction of management in football with a focus on Welcome to Wrexham. Read: tinyurl.com/4z7wkuk8
May 1, 2025 at 1:54 PM
In "Welcome to Wrexham and Representations of Management in Football (Soccer) as a Product of the “Media Sports Cultural Complex”" Andrew Stubbs-Lacy explores representation & construction of management in football with a focus on Welcome to Wrexham. Read: tinyurl.com/4z7wkuk8
Dr. Roderik Smits explores various factors affecting what constitutes “fair pay” in the film and television industries. Read it here: tinyurl.com/mrn5wv9v
April 30, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Dr. Roderik Smits explores various factors affecting what constitutes “fair pay” in the film and television industries. Read it here: tinyurl.com/mrn5wv9v
Next up: @geraldsim.bsky.social critiques Big Tech’s lobbying strategies against antitrust legislation, arguing that companies use technoliberal narratives, racialized imagery & nationalist rhetoric, such as the “China Argument,” to manipulate public opinion and more. tinyurl.com/ycka7652
April 29, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Next up: @geraldsim.bsky.social critiques Big Tech’s lobbying strategies against antitrust legislation, arguing that companies use technoliberal narratives, racialized imagery & nationalist rhetoric, such as the “China Argument,” to manipulate public opinion and more. tinyurl.com/ycka7652
Instead of advertising’s integration of AI media technologies as driven by natural market tendencies, @matthewcrain.bsky.social argues its from systemic commodification & political-economic forces, as analyzed through the Political Economy of Media & Communications framework. tinyurl.com/3yajfcmb
April 28, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Instead of advertising’s integration of AI media technologies as driven by natural market tendencies, @matthewcrain.bsky.social argues its from systemic commodification & political-economic forces, as analyzed through the Political Economy of Media & Communications framework. tinyurl.com/3yajfcmb
Dr. Newman explores the use of camera looks in sitcoms like Abbott Elementary as a comedic device. Establishing direct connection with the audience, blending traditions of comedic performance that invite viewer participation & emotional response. Read it here: tinyurl.com/4vp8uakv
April 25, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Dr. Newman explores the use of camera looks in sitcoms like Abbott Elementary as a comedic device. Establishing direct connection with the audience, blending traditions of comedic performance that invite viewer participation & emotional response. Read it here: tinyurl.com/4vp8uakv
🥳New Flow?! With Michael Z. Newman, @geraldsim.bsky.social ,
@matthewcrain.bsky.social , Roderik Smits, & Andrew Stubbs-Lacy! Topics include: camera looks in sitcoms, advertising’s integration of AI, Big Tech’s lobbying efforts, "fair pay” in media industries, & Welcome to Wrexham! flowjournal.org
@matthewcrain.bsky.social , Roderik Smits, & Andrew Stubbs-Lacy! Topics include: camera looks in sitcoms, advertising’s integration of AI, Big Tech’s lobbying efforts, "fair pay” in media industries, & Welcome to Wrexham! flowjournal.org
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April 24, 2025 at 2:58 PM
🥳New Flow?! With Michael Z. Newman, @geraldsim.bsky.social ,
@matthewcrain.bsky.social , Roderik Smits, & Andrew Stubbs-Lacy! Topics include: camera looks in sitcoms, advertising’s integration of AI, Big Tech’s lobbying efforts, "fair pay” in media industries, & Welcome to Wrexham! flowjournal.org
@matthewcrain.bsky.social , Roderik Smits, & Andrew Stubbs-Lacy! Topics include: camera looks in sitcoms, advertising’s integration of AI, Big Tech’s lobbying efforts, "fair pay” in media industries, & Welcome to Wrexham! flowjournal.org
In "Streaming Power" @swapnilrai.bsky.social explores how streaming giants like Netflix and Amazon shape diplomacy, narratives, and policy, positioning themselves as cultural power brokers beyond national borders in an era of digital media dominance.
Read it here: tinyurl.com/4buzdchw !
Read it here: tinyurl.com/4buzdchw !
March 28, 2025 at 5:54 PM
In "Streaming Power" @swapnilrai.bsky.social explores how streaming giants like Netflix and Amazon shape diplomacy, narratives, and policy, positioning themselves as cultural power brokers beyond national borders in an era of digital media dominance.
Read it here: tinyurl.com/4buzdchw !
Read it here: tinyurl.com/4buzdchw !
In "Work Songs: Tiny Desk Concerts Reimagines Music Video and Public Radio" @ericdharvey.com examines the shifts in live music consumption with a focus on the evolution of NPR’s Tiny Desk Concerts.
Read it here: tinyurl.com/ybzmk46h !
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Juvenile: Tiny Desk Concert
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March 27, 2025 at 8:33 PM
In "Work Songs: Tiny Desk Concerts Reimagines Music Video and Public Radio" @ericdharvey.com examines the shifts in live music consumption with a focus on the evolution of NPR’s Tiny Desk Concerts.
Read it here: tinyurl.com/ybzmk46h !
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kes2...
Read it here: tinyurl.com/ybzmk46h !
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kes2...
Time to celebrate! New flow with work by @ericdharvey.com
and @swapnilrai.bsky.social! Topics include: NPR's Tiny Desk Concert and live music consumption & how streaming platforms like Netflix and Amazon are positioning themselves as global cultural power brokers.
flowjournal.org
and @swapnilrai.bsky.social! Topics include: NPR's Tiny Desk Concert and live music consumption & how streaming platforms like Netflix and Amazon are positioning themselves as global cultural power brokers.
flowjournal.org
a group of people are standing in a room with confetti falling from the ceiling and the words " booksmart " on the bottom
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March 27, 2025 at 12:39 AM
Time to celebrate! New flow with work by @ericdharvey.com
and @swapnilrai.bsky.social! Topics include: NPR's Tiny Desk Concert and live music consumption & how streaming platforms like Netflix and Amazon are positioning themselves as global cultural power brokers.
flowjournal.org
and @swapnilrai.bsky.social! Topics include: NPR's Tiny Desk Concert and live music consumption & how streaming platforms like Netflix and Amazon are positioning themselves as global cultural power brokers.
flowjournal.org
Kiah Bennett examines the production culture from the perspective of across-the-line workers at the entry level in "Across-the-Line: The Invisible Labor and Cultural Mechanics of Hollywood’s Entry-Level Workforce." Read it here: tinyurl.com/8v2w8cd8 !
February 26, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Kiah Bennett examines the production culture from the perspective of across-the-line workers at the entry level in "Across-the-Line: The Invisible Labor and Cultural Mechanics of Hollywood’s Entry-Level Workforce." Read it here: tinyurl.com/8v2w8cd8 !
In "Just Pretend: Elvis Girlies, Social Media and Embodied Play" Eleanor Patterson explores how Elvis Girlies “play around” with history.
Read it here: tinyurl.com/mrx3k83k
Read it here: tinyurl.com/mrx3k83k
February 25, 2025 at 4:21 PM
In "Just Pretend: Elvis Girlies, Social Media and Embodied Play" Eleanor Patterson explores how Elvis Girlies “play around” with history.
Read it here: tinyurl.com/mrx3k83k
Read it here: tinyurl.com/mrx3k83k
In this column, Ben Rogerson offers a textual and industrial analysis of the self-reflexive Disney+/Pixar series Dream Productions and the animation unit’s short-lived approach to streaming series. Read it here: tinyurl.com/2s4c4xke
February 21, 2025 at 11:06 PM
In this column, Ben Rogerson offers a textual and industrial analysis of the self-reflexive Disney+/Pixar series Dream Productions and the animation unit’s short-lived approach to streaming series. Read it here: tinyurl.com/2s4c4xke