Hollywood Dialogue
Dialogue may be considered to be a session of give-and-take that occurs with relatively short turnaround time — one person …
Category Archives: Industry Analysis Studies
Corporations Ploy to Educate Online Pirates
I wrote this week’s Dr. Geek piece for Clearance Bin Review on the recent implementation by the big five ISPs …
Eric Schmidt on the Future of YouTube
Eric Schmidt, Executive Chairman of Google, on walking the fine line between becoming a media conglomerate and remaining an open …
CBS, Hawaii Five-O and Content Interactivity
CBS is no newcomer when it comes to experimenting with giving their audience a more interactive experience with their television …
3D Printing: The end of consumerism?
We’ve been contemplating acquiring a 3D printer at my university for pedagogical and research purposes. As part of this contemplation, …
Whose Voices?: The elite versus the public in the game of merger mania
(I wrote this back in 1999, as part of my consternation about the rise of media mergers after the 1996 …
Singin’ About a Simulacrum
(From a 2007 class assignment) I can remember rather vividly when I first saw Singin’ in the Rain. Gene Kelly …
Television Showrunners & Their Fans: Does the Internet Make Them Friends?
Dan Harmon has been replaced as the showrunner for the NBC sitcom Community. The replacement came on the heels of the …
Virtual Worlds Television and Metanomics: Innovating or Remediating?
I’ve been using this blog to deconstruct research I’ve done that are interesting vignettes of findings, but perhaps in need …
Virtual Living Room: CBS and NBC Experiment with Interactive Television
In a previous post, I began a discussion on how American producers — professionals, semi-professionals and amateurs — are experimenting …
