Greetings,

We just wanted to let you know that the new issue of Flow: A Critical Forum on
Television and Media Culture is out. This issue features columns by Craig
Jacobsen, Alan McKee, Ray Cha, Gareth Palmer, Chandler Harriss, and Daniel
Marcus.

Please visit the journal at http://www.flowtv.org to read these columns and
contribute responses to them.

This issue's columns in brief:

"The Simultaneous Dawning and Twilight of Broadcast Network Narrative" by Craig
Jacobsen:
It isn't hard to imagine a future in which broadcasting serves the role of
advertising and secondary revenue stream for the primary medium: complete
seasons of episodes packed for sale on DVD or for download.

"Below Average" by Alan McKee:
Why it's best to stick to shows with singing, dancing, or, preferably, both.

"Television Sets Grow Up" by Ray Cha:
Part two of three in a series describes a control or possibly "on demand" nature
more important than a effeciently planned experience and delivery of
"television".

"On Our Best Behavior" by Gareth Palmer:
Television's engagement with surveillance of all kinds is fashioning a
productive shame, reproducing models of ever more restricted "outer-focused"
identities.

Feature: "Is There a Detective in the 'House'?" by Chandler Harriss:
Harriss examines the use and usefulness of genre in television studies.

"Borat In (Next To!) The Balkans" by Daniel Marcus:
For those in the former Yugoslavia, "Borat" offers a rich field of
representations to express and explore their self-definitions as emerging
participants in Western culture and social practices.



We look forward to your visit and encourage your comments.

Best wishes,

Flow Editorial Staff

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