Category: Media Studies
Posts of studies, opinions, and reviews on multimedia communication including film, digital graphics, performing arts, and other mass media.
Exploring the Shadows of Riverdale
Samantha Michalski Our story is about a town, a small town, and the people who live in the town. From a distance, it presents itself like so many other small […]
Clown Nose, On and Off—Chandler Bing Handles Friends
Lily Elmore CHANDLER: I’m not great at the advice. Can I interest you in a sarcastic comment? CHANDLER: I say more dumb things before 9 a.m. than most people say all […]
Good Ballplayer, Bad Sportswriter, and Ugly Journalism
Marshall Tankersley, Student Editor In an age of instant access news (and gossip), it is all too easy to be in the position of having to discern what is truth […]
Descent into the Maelström—A Prison Experiment at Stanford University
Britton A. Taylor The 2015 film The Stanford Prison Experiment, based on the actual psychological experiment of 1971, is an incredibly moving production that tests the manner in which social […]
“Just a Flesh Wound”—Randomness, Relevance, and Sheer Brilliance in Monty Python
Allison Kisiel An enduring franchise that continues to influence and shape the world of comedy is the Monty Python ensemble. From 1969 to the early 1980s, the British comedy sextet […]
Finding Happiness in the Captain’s Not-So-Perfect, Double Life
Dakota Smith Have you ever wondered what it would be like to live two different lives? Have you ever wanted to split life between the wild and the plain? In […]
A Matter of Faith—The Debate on Evolution
Dakota Smith The debate on teaching the Theory of Evolution has been an example of a culture war in the United States for several decades. The criticism behind the teaching […]
Carpe Diem—Seizing and Redeeming Time in College
Chad Chisholm, CIFC Director As college students, you know that one of the hardest challenges is finding “balance” in your daily life: balancing work, relationships, life, and assignments. What classes […]
Obi-Wan Kenobi, Alfred the Butler, and the classic Man in the White Suit
Dakota Smith Have you ever had an idea that your peers have not supported? Have you ever felt like you were underestimated? How did people react when you proved them […]
O.J. Simpson—A Life of Crime, Possible CTE, and the Outliving of a Legendary Status
Skylar Taylor, Student Editor After being convicted in 2008 for armed robbery and kidnapping in Nevada, after coauthoring a book called If I Did It, after his $33.5 million ‘wrongful […]
House of Cards, On and Off Screen, To the End…?
Shawndre’ Young The phrase ‘house of cards’ is a well-known (and perhaps overused) idiom for an untenable situation that will collapse on itself if one part of the precarious balance […]
Statues as Symbols
Chyna Jones This analysis examines how identity trends can uproot historical culture.