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Readings in Order of Appearance

Schudson, M. (1987). The new validation of popular culture: Sense and sentimentality in academia. Critical Studies in Mass Communication, 4(1), 51-68.

Hull, M. B. (2000). Postmodern philosophy meets pop cartoon: Michel Foucault and Matt Groening. Journal of Popular Culture, 34(2), 57-67.

Gray, J. (2005). Television teaching: Parody, The Simpsons, and media literacy education. Critical Studies in Media Communication, 22(3), 223-238.

Mayer, V. (2005). Soft-core in TV time: The political economy of a "cultural trend". Critical Studies in Media Communication, 22(4), 302-320.

Grindstaff, D. A., & DeLuca, K.M. (2004). The corpus of Daniel Pearl. Critical Studies in Media Communication, 21(4), 305-324.

Tripp, D. (2005). "Wake up!" Narratives of masculine epiphany in millennial cinema. Quarterly Review of Film and Video, 22(2), 181-188.

Cooper, B. (1999). The relevancy and gender identity in spectators' interpretations of Thelma & Louise. Critical Studies in Mass Communication, 16(1), 20-41.

Ehrenhaus, P. (2001). Why we fought: Holocaust memory in Spielberg's Saving Private Ryan. Critical Studies in Media Communication, 18(3), 321-337.

Owen, A. S. (2002). Memory, war, and American identity: Saving Private Ryan as cinematic jeremiad. Critical Studies in Media Communication, 19(3), 249-282.

Klien, S. A. (2005). Public character and the simulacrum: The construction of the soldier patriot and citizen agency in Black Hawk Down. Critical Studies in Media Communication, 22(5), 427-449.

Bruno, G. (1997). Site-seeing: Architecture and the moving image. Wide Angle, 19(4), 8-24. Available from Project MUSE.

Baglia, J. (2005). The Viagra ad venture: Masculinity, media, and the performance of sexual health. New York: Peter Lang.

Wahl-Jorgensen, K. (2001). Letters to the editor as a forum for public deliberation: Modes of publicity and democratic debate. Critical Studies in Media Communication, 18(3), 303-320.

Striphas, T. (2003). A dialectic with the everyday: Communication and cultural politics on Oprah Winfrey's Book Club. Critical Studies in Media Communication, 20(3), 295-316.

Watts, E. K. (2005). Border patrolling and "passing" in Eminem's 8 Mile. Critical Studies in Media Communication, 22(3), 186-206.

Hess, M. (2005). Hip-hop realness and the white performer. Critical Studies in Media Communication, 22(5), 372-389.

Shefrin, E. (2004). Lord of the Rings, Star Wars, and participatory fandom: Mapping new congruencies between the internet and media entertainment culture. Critical Studies in Media Communication, 21(3), 261-281.

Lindemann, K. (2005). Live(s) online: Narrative performance, presence, and community in Livejournal.Com. Text and Performance Quarterly, 25(4), 354-372.

Harold, C. (2004). Pranking rhetoric: "culture jamming" as media activism. Critical Studies in Media Communication, 21(3), 189-211.

DeLuca, M., & Peeples, J. (2002). From public sphere to public screen: Democracy, activism, and the "violence" of Seattle. Critical Studies in Media Communication, 19(2), 125-151.