Panel #18 – Premium TV: Texts and Audiences

What is Television: Panel #18 – Premium TV: Texts and Audiences

Moderator: Sue Brower, Portland State University, USA

• Michael L. Wayne, University of Virginia, USA – HBO, Quality Television Audiences and Middle-Class Taste Cultures: An Exploratory Empirical Analysis
• K. Brenna Wardell, University of Oregon, USA – “All Hail Rome”: Prestige versus Pulp in HBO’s Rome and Starz’s Spartacus: Blood and Sand
• Maria San Filippo, Wellesley College, USA – Bisexuality and Beyond: Confronting Compulsory Monosexuality in Post-L Word Television Drama

What is Television? A Conference to Explore the Past, Present, and Future of Television. March 1- 3, Portland, OR. Organized by Dr. Janet Wasko and the School of Journalism and Communication. For more about the conference, visit the website.