Wikipedia:WikipediaWeekly/Episode76

Episode 76: Wikipedia's Television Coverage: a Discussion with TV Scholar Jason Mittell Recording: 11 am EST (15:00 UTC), Thursday, 21 May

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Participants:

• Jason Mittell
• Sage Ross
• Andrew Lih
• ?
• ?
• ?

Relevant readings

• Mittell's blog, http://justtv.wordpress.com/, will give you some idea of his perspective on television. See also his Wikipedia article, Jason Mittell.
  • The Wire and the Serial Procedural: An Essay in Progress (2007)
  • The Lost Payoff (2009, post season finale)

Topics

• Lost (TV series) article
• The Wire article
• Wikipedia's coverage of TV vs. television studies scholarship
• fan wikis
  • Mittell's essay on Lostpedia: http://justtv.wordpress.com/2009/03/30/lp/ (password protected, available to discussion participants)
• gender and wikis