Criticism
Reality Television and the Work of Seeming Ordinary
A camera can record a real response inside a situation built for an audience.
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Evolving Humanities
Entertainment & Celebrity
Screen culture, public personas, and the creative industries.
Essay
The Celebrity Memoir and the Right to Remember
A famous person’s account can illuminate a life while leaving other participants outside the frame.
Analysis
Why Streaming Keeps Returning to the Bundle
The price of a subscription reflects a contest over revenue, attention, and the cost of keeping viewers.
Retrospective
What the 2023 Hollywood Strikes Put Into Writing
Streaming and artificial intelligence became questions of contractual power, compensation, and consent.
Analysis
The Price of Feeling Close to a Creator
Paid memberships turn audience loyalty into a recurring transaction. What, exactly, is being sold?