Hi all,



Just wanted to let you know that the latest issue of Flow: A critical forum

on television and media culture came out on Friday, April 29. This issue

features columns by Mary Beth Haralovich, Douglas Kellner, Megan Mullen, Tom 

Streeter and Mimi White with a guest column by Jill Dolan.



We have also published a one-shot piece by Trudy L. Hansen.



Please feel free to visit the journal at http://www.flowtv.org to read these

columns and contribute responses to them.



This issue's columns:



Fans of Lesbians on TV: The L Word's Generations. Jill Dolan discusses what 

The L Word gets "right" about lesbian relationships.



The West Wing--A Hyperreal, Not a Reality Show. Trudy L. Hanson argues that 

the West Wing just might be more important than politics in real life. Is 

that necessarily a bad thing?



Oscar Clips Clips; Audience Insight Dips. Mary Beth Haralovich explains how 

the Oscars® telecast missed a chance to educate and inform.



The Media and Death: The Case of Terri Schaivo and the Pope. Douglas Kellner 

asks why does the "Culture of Life" movement reek of death?



Television's Gated Communities. Megan Mullen shows how new strategies in 

cable television are reinforcing the metaphor of cultural gated communities.



The Problem of Morality in Media Policy. Thomas Streeter goes beyond Janet 

Jackson's breast: an investigation of how to rethink the moral discourse of 

media reform.



Faith-Based Plot Initiatives. Mimi White opens an inquiry into the form and 

function of divinity in Joan of Arcadia.



Please feel free to visit the journal at http://www.flowtv.org to read these

columns and contribute responses to them.



Best,



Avi Santo & Christopher Lucas

Coordinating Editors

Flow



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