Derek Kompare
Biographic Data
| ID | 4931796 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Derek Kompare |
| GIVEN NAMES | Derek |
| FAMILY NAME | Kompare |
| SIGNATURE | KOMPARE D |
| AFFILIATIONS | Southern Methodist University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-9387-6399 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 19 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 2 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2003 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The accountability interview revisited
This paper adopts a case study approach to the investigation of the genre of the accountability interview. It zooms in on one particular political interview that was broadcast on Spanish television in 2012. The interview, with Spain’s former minister of Justice, Alberto Ruiz-Gallardón, addresses the bill on abortion that he intended to present to parliament later that year. We have selected this particular interview because it sheds light on the …
Fan curators and the gateways into fandom
The most basic form of curation is suggested canon: simply suggesting, loaning, copying, or gifting additional material to interested fans. Online, curators can help socialize fans into the customs and manners of particular forums or platforms, and can facilitate connections and participation. Fan curators have always been people and groups of stature within their fandoms, and have influential roles as gatekeepers. In the 1970s, new, relatively i…
Making Media Work
Filling the Box
Filling the Box: Television in Higher Education Derek Kompare (bio) Television is not a stable object. It has never been one, nor will it ever be one. As the most provocative work in Television Studies makes manifest, television functions less as a stable object than as an empty box into which we put our hopes and anxieties about modern life. While the content of that box certainly engages us, it’s the box itself that matters most: a discursive s…
Reruns 2.0
This article explores the opportunities and problems thus far presented by the movement of old TV shows into new online platforms. Media users can easily view, remix, and share old television content, and media industries struggle to adapt their old business models to these new modes of communication
Publishing Flow
Commercial television has functioned as a flow medium for more than fifty years, premised on the sale of time (and ostensible viewers) to advertisers. By contrast, the film industry has operated as a publisher, selling or renting its individual media products to theaters. During the home video era, while the film industry shifted its focus to the VCR, television remained reliant on advertising and has held only a marginal presence in the video so…
Greyish Rectangles
Publishing Flow
Commercial television has functioned as a flow medium for more than fifty years, premised on the sale of time (and ostensible viewers) to advertisers. By contrast, the film industry has operated as a publisher, selling or renting its individual media products to theaters. During the home video era, while the film industry shifted its focus to the VCR, television remained reliant on advertising and has held only a marginal presence in the video so…
Reruns 2.0
This article explores the opportunities and problems thus far presented by the movement of old TV shows into new online platforms. Media users can easily view, remix, and share old television content, and media industries struggle to adapt their old business models to these new modes of communication
Greyish Rectangles
Publishing Flow
Commercial television has functioned as a flow medium for more than fifty years, premised on the sale of time (and ostensible viewers) to advertisers. By contrast, the film industry has operated as a publisher, selling or renting its individual media products to theaters. During the home video era, while the film industry shifted its focus to the VCR, television remained reliant on advertising and has held only a marginal presence in the video so…
Reruns 2.0
This article explores the opportunities and problems thus far presented by the movement of old TV shows into new online platforms. Media users can easily view, remix, and share old television content, and media industries struggle to adapt their old business models to these new modes of communication
Filling the Box
Filling the Box: Television in Higher Education Derek Kompare (bio) Television is not a stable object. It has never been one, nor will it ever be one. As the most provocative work in Television Studies makes manifest, television functions less as a stable object than as an empty box into which we put our hopes and anxieties about modern life. While the content of that box certainly engages us, it’s the box itself that matters most: a discursive s…
Making Media Work
Fan curators and the gateways into fandom
The most basic form of curation is suggested canon: simply suggesting, loaning, copying, or gifting additional material to interested fans. Online, curators can help socialize fans into the customs and manners of particular forums or platforms, and can facilitate connections and participation. Fan curators have always been people and groups of stature within their fandoms, and have influential roles as gatekeepers. In the 1970s, new, relatively i…
The accountability interview revisited
This paper adopts a case study approach to the investigation of the genre of the accountability interview. It zooms in on one particular political interview that was broadcast on Spanish television in 2012. The interview, with Spain’s former minister of Justice, Alberto Ruiz-Gallardón, addresses the bill on abortion that he intended to present to parliament later that year. We have selected this particular interview because it sheds light on the …
Cinema and Media Studies (4 works) · Media studies (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Computer Science (3 works) · Media Studies and Communication (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Advertising (2 works) · Business (2 works) · Cultural Industries and Urban Development (2 works) · Digital Games and Media (2 works)