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 Tim Gibson, Kim Akass and Janet McCabe, Eric Freedman, Shawn Shimpach, Jack Z. Bratich, Bo Baker, and Olivier Tchouaffe. Please visit the journal at http://www.flowtv.org to read these columns and contribute responses to them. This issue's columns in brief: "Commercial Media, Media Reform, and an Arlington Church Basement" by Tim Gibson: The popular critique of media commercialism has deep cultural roots, and you don't have to be fire-breathing Marxist to be disgusted with the moral consequences. "Not So Ugly: Local Production, Global Franchise, Discursive Femininities, and the Ugly Betty Phenomenon" by Kim Akass and Janet McCabe: Examining the various incarnations of Columbia's telenovela "Yo soy Betty, la fea" and the ways in which various countries across the world have adopted and translated the show. "The Limits of the Cellular Imaginary: iPhone and the Snuff Film" by Eric Freedman: Though Saddam Hussein and Steve Jobs were on public display for quite different purposes, and on quite different stages, they were inevitably bound together by certain cultural logics of new media. Feature: "Primetime's Incompetent Liberalism" by Shawn Shimpach: Primetime's liberalism is both the problem and solution to its perceived red state/blue state divide. Feature: "Temporary Guantanomous Zones: Reality Camps and Crucibles" by Jack Z. Bratich: Rather than passively view the proliferation of camps in contemporary reality TV, we can ask how this spatial figure is more than a tool of domination. Editorial: "Silencing the Buzz: Reconciling Individual and Collective Tastes in Awards Season" by Bo Baker: How do awards affect collective and personal taste? Editorial: "Angelina Jolie, Madonna, Oprah and African children: On Media Fairy Tales, Personal Blessings and the Ongoing Curses of Africa" by Olivier Tchouaffe: The Western pop-cultural obsession with celebrity adoptions from the African continent begs the question: what do these high-power celebrity adoptions really do for African children? We look forward to your visit and encourage your comments. Best wishes, Flow Editorial Staff ---- To sign off Screen-L, e-mail [log in to unmask] and put SIGNOFF Screen-L in the message. Problems? Contact [log in to unmask]