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Justin Lewis is Professor of Journalism, Media and Cultural Studies at Cardiff
University, UK. He is author of numerous books, including Constructing Public
Opinion: How Political Elites Do What They Like and Why We Seem To Go Along
With It, (with Sanna Inthorn and Karin Wahl-Jorgensen); Citizens or Consum-
ers: What the Media Tell Us about Political Participation; Shoot First and Ask
Questions Later: Media Coverage of the War in Iraq (with Sut Jhally); Enlightened
Racism: The Cosby Show, Audiences, and the Myth of the American Dream; Art,
Culture and Enterprise: The Politics of the Cultural Industries; and (with Toby
Miller) Critical Cultural Policy Studies.
James Lull is Professor Emeritus of Communication Studies at San Jose State
University, California. He is author of many books including Culture-on-Demand
and Media, Communication, Culture. His latest work is The Great Chain of Com-
munication: Evolution from Dawn to Digital, now in press.

Ernest mathijs is Assistant Professor of Film Studies and Drama at the Univer-
sity of British Columbia, Canada. He has published widely on alternative and
cult cinema. His most recent books are The Cult Film Reader (with Xavier Men-
dik) and The Cinema of David Cronenberg.
Casey mcCabe is currently pursuing her master’s degree in women’s studies at
Florida Atlantic University. She received her bachelor of arts from the University
of Connecticut in women’s studies and sociology.

Tom mcCourt is Associate Professor of Communication and Media Studies
at Fordham University. He is author of Conflicting Communication Interests in
America: The Case of National Public Radio and (with Patrick Burkart) Digital
Music Wars: The Ownership and Control of the Celestial Jukebox.

Carl mckinney is a Doctoral Candidate at University of California, San Diego.
His research examines the intersections of persistent, virtual worlds with politi-
cal and economic systems, with a particular focus on how legal regimes shape
the formation of both individual and community identity.
John mcmurria is currently Assistant Professor of Communication at DePaul
University. In addition to his published articles in book anthologies and jour-
nals, he is coauthor, with Toby Miller, Nitin Govil, Richard Maxwell, and Ting
Wang, of Global Hollywood 2. He is working on a critical cultural policy history
of cable television in the United States.
Jason mittell is Assistant Professor of American Studies and Film and Media
Culture at Middlebury College. He is author of Genre and Television: From Cop
Shows to Cartoons in American Culture, as well as numerous chapters and ar-
ticles, and is currently writing a textbook on television and American culture, as
well as a book on narrative complexity in contemporary American television.
nancy morris is Associate Professor in the Department of Broadcasting, Tele-
communications and Mass Media at Temple University. She is author of Puerto Rico:
Culture, Politics and Identity, and coeditor of Media and Globalization: Why the
State Matters.