Posted by Cory Barker on April 26, 2011 · 2 Comments
This is the working draft of my presentation at this year’s PCA/ACA 2011 conference on Supernatural fans. A few notes: If you recall, I asked for responses from fans, critics, whomever related to Supernatural and its fandom sometime in March. Of course, I quickly realized that adding in a lot of quotes and context from … Read more
Category Academic Work, Featured, SUPERNATURAL · Tagged with Academic Work, Anti-fan fans, Dean Winchester, Eric Kripke, Fandom, Fans, Jared Padalecki, Jensen Ackles, PCA 2011, Sam Winchester, Sera Gamble, Supernatural, The CW
Posted by Cory Barker on December 7, 2010 · 10 Comments
Note: This is the “final draft” of an essay for my Television Comedy class at Bowling Green State University. It’s posted here for the purposes of a makeshift, internet-powered peer review. I’ll field any comments or emailed questions as they come in. If you read the whole thing, I really appreciate it. I intend to … Read more
Category Academic Work, Community, Featured · Tagged with 21st century, 30 Rock, Abed Nadir, Academic Work, Academic Writing, Alison Brie, Annie Edison, Ben Chang, Britta Perry, Chevy Chase, Community, Community Season 1, Community Season 2, Contemporary American Poultry, Cory Barker, Dan Harmon, Danny Pudi, Dean Pelton, Ethan Thompson, Facebook, Gillian Jacobs, Horace Newcomb, Internet Culture, Interpersonal communication, Intertextuality, Jean Baudrillard, Jeff Winger, Jeffrey P. Jones, Jim Collins, Jim Rash, Joel McHale, Jonathan Gray, Meta references, Millennials, NBC, Parks and Recreation, Parody, Paul Hirsch, Pierce Hawthorne, Post-modernism, Reference humor, Satire, Shirley Bennett, Socializing, Technology, Television as a cultural forum, The Office, Troy Barnes, Twitter, Yvette Nicole Brown
Posted by Cory Barker on October 20, 2010 · Leave a Comment
The [Nielsen] overnight numbers widely reported by the media—and Hollywood’s general barometer of a show’s health—can account for as little as 25 percent of the eventual audience for, say, an FX comedy. – Josef Adalian, New York Magazine[1] Imagine you watch every new episode of your favorite television series (for this example, NBC’s comedy Community) … Read more
Category Academic Work, Featured, Nielsen Ratings · Tagged with ABC, Academic Work, Academic Writing, Advertising, Antonio Gramsci, Business, CBS, Chuck, Community, Consumerism, Dancing With The Stars, Grey's Anatomy, Hawaii Five-0, Hegemony, House, Industry news, Josh Schwartz, Louis Althusser, Marxism, Modern Family, NBC, NCIS, Nielsen Ratings, Ratings Report, The Big Bang Theory, Two and a Half Men
Posted by Cory Barker on August 17, 2010 · Leave a Comment
Today is kind of a big day for me, as my first official piece as an academic has been published. If you click on over to In Media Res you’ll find my 400-word curator’s note on the use of social media (specifically Twitter) in the world of pro wrestling. My post is the second … Read more
Category Academic Work, Columns, Featured, Plugs · Tagged with Academic Work, Columns, Facebook, Featured, Hornswoggle, In Media Res, Internet Culture, John Cena, Plugs, Pro wrestling, Reality, Social Media, Twitter, WWE
Posted by Cory Barker on May 20, 2010 · Leave a Comment
Ed Note: I’m simply trying to post various academic pieces I’ve written over the past few years in case anyone wants to check them out. The following was completed in the spring of 2009, so certain portions might be out of date a little. I’m in the process of updating it. Television programs with “cult … Read more
Category Academic Work, SUPERNATURAL · Tagged with Academic Writing, Active Audiences, Audience Studies, Cult Fans, Cult Television, Derek Johnson, Eric Kripke, Folklore, Intertextuality, Jason Mittell, Jeffrey Sconce, Mark Andrejevic, McG, Narrative Complexity, Paul Smith, Serialization, Standalone episodes, Storytelling, Supernatural, Television Without Pity, The CW
Posted by Cory Barker on May 11, 2010 · 23 Comments
Ed note: This is paper/project about Smallville fans that I recently completed for a media audiences course at Indiana University. “[C]learly anti-fans construct an image of the text – and, what is more, an image they feel is accurate – sufficiently enough that they can react to and against it.” – Jonathan Gray[1] Most texts … Read more
Category Academic Work, Active Audiences, SMALLVILLE · Tagged with Academic Work, Active Audiences, Anti-fans, Chloe Sullivan, Clark Kent, CW, DC Comics, Essays, Fans, Internet Culture, Interviews, Lex Luthor, Lois Lane, Message Boards, Oliver Queen, Research, Slash Fiction, Smallville
