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Greetings,

We want to let you know that the new issue of Flow: A Critical Forum on
Television and Media Culture is available at http://flowtv.org.

This issue features columns from Amanda Klein, Hannah Hamad, James  
Bennett, Charles R. Acland, Zoe Druick and Julia Lesage.

This issue's columns in brief:

"BET?s Baldwin Hills: Injecting Race and Class into the Projective  
Drama" by Amanda Klein (http://flowtv.org/?p=4547)
A look at BET?s Baldwin Hills, a reality drama that effectively  
straddles the line between projective drama and rhetorical document.

"Television Celebrity: Extras and the Cultural Value of TV Fame" by  
James Bennett (http://flowtv.org/?p=4541)
James Bennett examines Ricky Gervais, Extras, and the show?s  
meta-textual mediation on television celebrity.

"DAD TV-- Postfeminism and the Paternalization of US Television Drama"  
by Hannah Hamad (http://flowtv.org/?p=4531)
A look at the rise in father figures and the importance of paternity  
in TV drama series.

"The Last Days of Videotape" by Charles R. Acland (http://flowtv.org/?p=4555)
An argument for the significance of the videotape as a lively and  
important object of academic research.

"Media Event 2.0: Guy Laliberté?s Final Frontier" by Zoë Druick  
(http://flowtv.org/?p=4539)
The confluence of edutainment, celebrity philanthropy, popular  
environmentalism, post-cold war neo-liberal politics, and the media  
event in Guy Laliberte's space tourism.

"FlashForward: Pacing and Script" by Julia Lesage (http://flowtv.org/?p=4528)
An analysis of FlashForward's techniques to keep the viewer engaged  
and even to inspire fan behavior in its audience.

Interested in supporting Flow? Click HERE (http://flowtv.org/?page_id=2143).

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We look forward to your visit and encourage your comments.

Best wishes,

Flow Editorial Staff

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