{"title":"Defending The Bachelorette","authors":"M. Ames","doi":"10.5810/kentucky/9780813180069.003.0010","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5810/kentucky/9780813180069.003.0010","url":null,"abstract":"Chapter Nine builds upon research concerning the ways in which reality television includes conflicting post-feminist messages that impact the contestants on the shows, as well as the viewers watching them. This essay studies viewer reactions to a particularly controversial season of The Bachelorette -- one which aired the star having sexual intercourse prior to the show's pre-scripted/approved timeline. The online discussion among fans on Twitter reveal the ways in which viewers resist or reinforce gender stereotypes and participate in or criticize the practice of slut shaming.","PeriodicalId":253881,"journal":{"name":"Small Screen, Big Feels","volume":"17 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-12-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127048595","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Live Tweets as Social Commentary?","authors":"M. Ames","doi":"10.2307/j.ctv176kv1x.11","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctv176kv1x.11","url":null,"abstract":"As Shonda Rhimes is credited with transforming contemporary network television production and consumption practices -- and having the most avid Twitter followers -- her hit program is an ideal focus for an audience study. Chapter Eight considers fictional television's ability to engage in public pedagogy by looking at the ways in which viewers support or undermine Rhimes's social commentary. Attending to tweets focused on the main character, the female anti-hero Annalise Keating (Viola Davis), reveals the warring sentiments (and different ideological camps) that still exist surrounding identity politics involving women of color, same-sex relationships, and interracial relationships.","PeriodicalId":253881,"journal":{"name":"Small Screen, Big Feels","volume":"47 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-12-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128402235","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"“I’m (Not) with Her”:","authors":"","doi":"10.2307/j.ctv176kv1x.13","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctv176kv1x.13","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":253881,"journal":{"name":"Small Screen, Big Feels","volume":"2 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-12-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129459573","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A Country (Still) Divided:","authors":"","doi":"10.2307/j.ctv176kv1x.9","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctv176kv1x.9","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":253881,"journal":{"name":"Small Screen, Big Feels","volume":"22 3 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-12-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124592182","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Trauma of Post-Apocalyptic Motherhood:","authors":"","doi":"10.2307/j.ctv176kv1x.8","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctv176kv1x.8","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":253881,"journal":{"name":"Small Screen, Big Feels","volume":"102 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-12-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122884252","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"“All the Best Cowboys Have Daddy Issues”","authors":"M. Ames","doi":"10.5810/kentucky/9780813180069.003.0005","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5810/kentucky/9780813180069.003.0005","url":null,"abstract":"Moving from discussion of larger programmatic patters to analysis of specific televisions shows and subgenres, Chapter Four focuses on the social commentary present in ABC's Lost (2004-2010). This essay looks specifically at the way this program reflects the changing status of fathers and authority figures in the 21st century. Given that over sixty episodes were devoted to damaged or deceased dads, this chapter analyzes the ways in which the Lost's parent-child relationships comment on shifting conceptions of masculinity and, on a more metaphoric level, the eroding faith in governmental father figures in the era of the (endless) war on terror.","PeriodicalId":253881,"journal":{"name":"Small Screen, Big Feels","volume":"32 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-12-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114943781","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Screening Terror","authors":"M. Ames","doi":"10.5810/kentucky/9780813180069.003.0002","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5810/kentucky/9780813180069.003.0002","url":null,"abstract":"Chapter One analyzes how television not only responded to 9/11 immediately after the tragedy, but also how it responded (and continues to respond) to it years later through fictionalized dramas. By studying the presence of post-9/11 motifs (e.g. salvation, justice, fear, conspiracy) in 21st century fictional television narratives -- through quantitative data on programming trends and a close reading of one particular program -- this essay argues that such programs are important sites where the terrorist attack (and the cultural climate it sparked) is emotionally worked through. However, this chapter also suggests that television's reluctance to revise its post-9/11 narrative in order to reflect contemporary geopolitical realities may also contribute to the perpetual fear cycle shaping national discourse in the United States.","PeriodicalId":253881,"journal":{"name":"Small Screen, Big Feels","volume":"38 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-12-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133208817","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}