New Flow Issue

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• "Our Robots, Ourselves" by Daren C. Brabham: An exploration into the perceptions of non-humanoid robots in media and the evolution of AI.
• "Black Guy Corner: What the Upfront Photos Say about the State of TV, Part 3" by Cindy Conaway and Sheila Marie Aird: The authors critically examine race in the television networks' "upfronts" and consider fears about miscegenation within the context of casting and ratings success.
• "Digital Rhetoric and Circulation of Protest: The Banlieue Riots Turn Five" by Jayson Harsin: Harsin offers perspective on current scholarship about political unrest in Africa by offering a case study of media framing of the French "banlieue" riots of 2005.
• "Fear Factor: Fun, Freedom and Foreignness on Burmese TV" by Andrew King: King reminisces about his first-hand experience detailing how Burmese audiences react to the U.S. reality television show, Fear Factor.
• "The Curious Case of Benjamin Sniddlegrass and the Cauldron of Penguins" by Tama Leaver: Tama Leaver investigates the evolution of a podcast movie joke ("Benjamin Sniddlegrass and the Cauldron of Penguins") into a full-blown cultural phenomenon and DIY film.