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 Kelin, Zoe Druick, Julia  
Lesage, James Bennett, Charles Acland, Hannah Hamad and Paul Achter.

This issue's columns in brief:

"The D2D Release: Notes on a Burgeoning Market" by Amanda Klein  
(http://flowtv.org/?p=4902)
Direct-to-DVD (D2D) films are often ignored by academic discourse, yet  
the study of D2D films offers an important contribution to the fields  
of both reception and genre studies.

"While You Were Out: The Canadian Media Have Disappeared" by Zoe  
Druick (http://flowtv.org/?p=4898)
The CRTC's decision to allow private television networks in Canada to  
sell content to cable and satellite carriers may have broader policy  
implications.

"Watching for Botox" by Julia Lesage (http://flowtv.org/?p=4890)
The visibility of botox on Damages leads the author to reflect on how  
cosmetic surgery appears on television and in public life, and why.

"'Wanna Be On Top?': America's Next Top Model and Evaluating  
Presentation Performance as Televisual Skill" by James Bennett  
(http://flowtv.org/?p=4894)
A comparison of the performance styles of American and Australian 'Top  
Model' hosts Tyra Banks and Johdi Meares.

"Marshall's Children" by Charles R. Acland (http://flowtv.org/?p=4881)
Re-situating Marshall McLuhan in media studies, in light of a new  
biography by Douglas Coupland.

"Watching the Masters: Golf Becomes Exciting (In All the Wrong Ways)"  
by Paul Achter (http://flowtv.org/?p=4885)
The anti-spectacle nature of the sport of golf is examined in light of  
two events, the 2010 Masters and the re-emergence of Tiger Woods after  
his much-publicized sex scandal.

"Postfeminist Primary Colors: Coding Femininities in Media Culture" by  
Hannah Hamad (http://flowtv.org/?p=4912)
A discussion of the ways that femininities are conceptualized in  
postfeminism through color-coding.


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Best wishes,

Flow Editorial Staff

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