Cory Barker 🆗
@corybarker.bsky.social
Media studies researcher, Penn State professor, past and future television blogger.
Book 📖: SOCIAL TV: MULTI-SCREEN CONTENT AND EPHEMERAL CULTURE
Newsletter 📰: TV PLUS
Book 📖: SOCIAL TV: MULTI-SCREEN CONTENT AND EPHEMERAL CULTURE
Newsletter 📰: TV PLUS
I was trying to find *any* full edition of The Word from The Colbert Report for class this week, and it was excruciatingly hard.
October 21, 2025 at 5:03 PM
I was trying to find *any* full edition of The Word from The Colbert Report for class this week, and it was excruciatingly hard.
Even dumber, there's a solid story with great photos in the first slot...if you click "U.S." The people must know about Bari Weiss's first day, though.
October 19, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Even dumber, there's a solid story with great photos in the first slot...if you click "U.S." The people must know about Bari Weiss's first day, though.
I read this a few years ago! mubi.com/en/notebook/...
Cinema Year Zero: TikTok and the Grammar of Silent Film
The forms and formulations of the social-media juggernaut TikTok are rooted in the earliest of all films.
mubi.com
October 9, 2025 at 7:29 PM
I read this a few years ago! mubi.com/en/notebook/...
you know people are just using AI to do that (poorly) now
October 3, 2025 at 3:22 PM
you know people are just using AI to do that (poorly) now
Indianapolis is beautiful in January
September 21, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Indianapolis is beautiful in January
they're trapped in here with me, not the other way around.
September 19, 2025 at 7:15 PM
they're trapped in here with me, not the other way around.
Depends on the context, but somewhere between C and D in most cases.
September 15, 2025 at 1:30 AM
Depends on the context, but somewhere between C and D in most cases.
probably never again!
September 13, 2025 at 10:19 PM
probably never again!