Flow (journal)
Encyclopedia
Flow is an online journal of television
and media
studies, published by the Department of Radio-TV-Film at the University of Texas at Austin
. It was conceived by graduate students Christopher Lucas and Avi Santo and launched in October 2004.
Flow is intended to foster conversations amongst media scholars and non-academic communities. Flows mission is to provide a space where researchers, teachers, students, and the public can read about and discuss the changing landscape of contemporary media at the speed that media move.
Flow is organized around short, topical columns written by respected media scholars on a bi-weekly schedule. These columns invite response from the critical community by asking provocative questions that are significant to the study and experience of media.
The first Flow Conference, which brought together Flow columnists, scholars, industry representatives, and students interested in the topics covered by the journal, was held October 26-29, 2006 at the University of Texas at Austin. A second conference is planned for October 9-11, 2008.
The journal is run by RTF graduate students at the University of Texas at Austin. The current Coordinating Editors are Annie Petersen and Jacqueline Vickery. Michael Kackman serves as faculty supervisor.
The Former Coordinating Editors, in order, are:
Chris Lucas (Vols. 1-2)
Avi Santo (Vols. 1-2)
Marnie Binfield (Vols. 3-5)
Bryan Sebok (Vols. 3-4)
Matthew Thomas Payne (Vols. 5-6)
Alexis Carreiro (Vols. 6-7)
Peter Alilunas (Vol. 7)
Annie Petersen (Vols. 8 - ?)
Jacqueline Vickery (Vols. 8 - ?)
Television studies
Television studies is an academic discipline that deals with critical approaches to television. Usually, it is distinguished from mass-communication research, which tends to approach the topic from an empirical perspective...
and media
Media studies
Media studies is an academic discipline and field of study that deals with the content, history and effects of various media; in particular, the 'mass media'. Media studies may draw on traditions from both the social sciences and the humanities, but mostly from its core disciplines of mass...
studies, published by the Department of Radio-TV-Film at the University of Texas at Austin
University of Texas at Austin
The University of Texas at Austin is a state research university located in Austin, Texas, USA, and is the flagship institution of the The University of Texas System. Founded in 1883, its campus is located approximately from the Texas State Capitol in Austin...
. It was conceived by graduate students Christopher Lucas and Avi Santo and launched in October 2004.
Flow is intended to foster conversations amongst media scholars and non-academic communities. Flows mission is to provide a space where researchers, teachers, students, and the public can read about and discuss the changing landscape of contemporary media at the speed that media move.
Flow is organized around short, topical columns written by respected media scholars on a bi-weekly schedule. These columns invite response from the critical community by asking provocative questions that are significant to the study and experience of media.
The first Flow Conference, which brought together Flow columnists, scholars, industry representatives, and students interested in the topics covered by the journal, was held October 26-29, 2006 at the University of Texas at Austin. A second conference is planned for October 9-11, 2008.
The journal is run by RTF graduate students at the University of Texas at Austin. The current Coordinating Editors are Annie Petersen and Jacqueline Vickery. Michael Kackman serves as faculty supervisor.
The Former Coordinating Editors, in order, are:
Chris Lucas (Vols. 1-2)
Avi Santo (Vols. 1-2)
Marnie Binfield (Vols. 3-5)
Bryan Sebok (Vols. 3-4)
Matthew Thomas Payne (Vols. 5-6)
Alexis Carreiro (Vols. 6-7)
Peter Alilunas (Vol. 7)
Annie Petersen (Vols. 8 - ?)
Jacqueline Vickery (Vols. 8 - ?)