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: Daren Brabham, Cindy Conaway and Sheila Marie Aird, Jayson Harsin, Andrew King, and Christopher Lockett. This issue's columns in brief: "The Myth of Amateur Crowds" by Daren Brabham http://flowtv.org/2011/01/the-myth-of-amateur-crowds/ A more critical lens is held up to the concept of "crowdsourcing," dispelling several myths surrounding the role of the amateur in cultural and commercial production. "Black Guy Corner: What the Upfront Photos Say about the State of TV, Part 2" by Cindy Conaway and Sheila Marie Aird http://flowtv.org/2011/01/black-guy-corner-part-2/ This article, the second in an ongoing series, offers a critical examination of race in television networks' "upfronts," the photographs distributed to promote new shows. Does the television industry reinforce hegemony through the images used to promote these shows? "Wikileak' Lessons For Media Theory and Politics" by Jayson Harsin http://flowtv.org/2011/01/wikileaks-lessons-for-media-theory/ The myriad controversies surrounding Wikileaks holds lessons about changing relations between new and old media forms and production; attention, circulation, media capital and celebrity' political economy and journalism' and even democracy and international relations. "Advertising and Celebrity Endorsement in Burma" by Andrew King http://flowtv.org/2011/01/advertising-and-celebrity-endorsement-in-burma/ An examination of the use of celebrity image in Burmese advertising. "Zombie Gentrification" by Christopher Lockett http://flowtv.org/2011/01/zombie-gentrification/ An appraisal of AMC's The Walking Dead and how the show participates in the zombie genre's shift from B-grade schlock to "Quality TV" and mainstream Hollywood. Interested in supporting Flow? Click HERE http://flowtv.org/about/support/ FlowTV is now on Twitter! Follow Flow's Twitter page at: http://twitter.com/flowtv FlowTV is also on Facebook! Get updates on your news feed by becoming a fan: www.facebook.com/FlowTV We look forward to your visit and encourage your comments. Best wishes, Flow Editorial Staff ---- Screen-L is sponsored by the Telecommunication & Film Dept., the University of Alabama: http://www.tcf.ua.edu