About
Welcome to TV Surveillance! I’m Cory Barker, I’ll be your guide through the world of television here. Just a few quick notes about me: I’m currently finishing up my MA in the Department of Popular Culture at Bowling Green State University. I previously graduated from Indiana University, where I majored in journalism and communication & culture.
This blog will cover television from as many angles possible. I’ll recap many of today’s most important series, comment on news items and work through more long-term projects that provide us with some interesting discussion topics – hopefully. I’ll probably get a podcast up and running as well. Thus, hopefully TV Surveillance will serve as a point where critical and academic viewpoints on television collide, while entertaining all along the way.
Dear Cory,
I am currently writing an article about “shipping” as it recently happened to me with a show called Community on NBC. I got a bit obsessed with the romantic relationship of two of the show’s main characters Jeff and Annie. Then I found out that my interest was apparently shared widely across YouTube, with tons of fan videos and clips having been posted throughout the last year.
I’d like to speak to you a bit about your research. I guess the questions I have are a bit more basic: I think of people who do this kind of stuff or write fan fiction as very fringe types of people, but somehow this particular couple really caught me. My questions are
Dear Cory,
I am currently writing an article about “shipping” as it recently happened to me with a show called Community on NBC. I got a bit obsessed with the romantic relationship of two of the show’s main characters Jeff and Annie. Then I found out that my interest was apparently shared widely across YouTube, with tons of fan videos and clips having been posted throughout the last year.
I’d like to speak to you a bit about your research. I guess the questions I have are a bit more basic: I think of people who do this kind of stuff or write fan fiction as very fringe types of people, but somehow this particular couple really caught me. My questions are
1.Why do you think people start shipping? What do they get out of it?
2.How does one come to stop shipping? Is there a cure? :>)
Would love to hear your input on this when you have a chance. Thanks!