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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 Michele
Byers, Lynne Joyrich, Stephen Groening, Judith Halberstam, Tim Anderson, Mary
Beltran, Moya Luckett, and Jacqueline Vickery.
Please visit the journal at http://www.flowtv.org to read these columns and
contribute responses to them.

This issue's columns in brief:

"Little Mosque on the Prairie: The Life and Times of the CBC" by Michele Byers:
"Little Mosque on the Prairie" and a discussion of the success of the the CBC
Canadian public broadcaster system.

"Women are from Mars?  Part 1" by Lynne Joyrich:
How does--or should--narrative television deal with issues of sexual violence?
Lynne Joyrich considers the meaning of rape on Veronica Mars...and in our
culture as a whole.

"Towards Freedom: Television, Baudrillard and Symbolic Exchange" by Stephen
Groening:
Towards Freedom Television and its complication of the binary
"non-communication" vs. "symbolic exchange."

"Sex, Love, Television" by Judith Halberstam:
What draws American viewers to Desperate Housewives, a show about infidelity,
teenage promiscuity, scandal, secrecy, murder and deceit?

"Could You Feel Like They Feel?: Music Games, Listening and Fantasies of
Identification" by Tim Anderson:
The euphoria of being the rock star and the music.

"How Would Fresh Prince Do It? Teaching "Diversity" to Late '80s Babies" by Mary
Beltran:
How does one teach "diversity" without essentializing race and representation?

"Mourning Anna Nicole: Death in the Age of Celebrity Culture" by Moya Luckett:
News coverage of Ms. Smith's recent passing illustrates unsettling trends in
contemporary media.

"Editorial: Sometimes a Woman just Wants to Be on Top--Desperate Housewives and
a 'Woman's Place'" by Jacqueline Vickery:
Lynette's role complicates contradictory cultural assumptions about both
feminism and masculinity.

We look forward to your visit and encourage your comments.

Best wishes,

Flow Editorial Staff

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