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 Aniko Imre, Lisa Parks, Christine
Quail, Serra Tinic and Lisa Kelly.
This issue's columns in brief:
?Gypsy Stars in the New Europe? by Aniko Imre (http://flowtv.org/?p=3990)
A discussion of Gypsy musicians, reality, and television stars in New Europe.
?When Satellites Fall: On the Trails of Cosmos 954 and USA 193? by
Lisa Parks (http://flowtv.org/?p=3989)
What happens when falling satellites become high profile events.
?Towards a Typology of Dance TV Contestants? by Christine Quail
(http://flowtv.org/?p=3987)
A consideration of the varying motivations inspiring dancers to
audition for So You Think You Can Dance Canada.
?No Rerun Nation: Canadian Television and Cultural Amnesia? by Serra
Tinic (http://flowtv.org/?p=4006)
An examination of how the absence of reruns of Canadian programming on
Canadian television effects Canadian nostalgia and national memory.
?And the winner of Britain?s Got Talent is . . .? by Lisa W. Kelly
(http://flowtv.org/?p=3986)
A look at some of the issues raised by Britain?s Got Talent including
the emotional labor of both audiences and contestants and advertising
revenue on television and the internet.