Cory Barker 🆗
@corybarker.bsky.social
Media studies researcher, Penn State professor, past and future television blogger.
Book 📖: SOCIAL TV: MULTI-SCREEN CONTENT AND EPHEMERAL CULTURE
Newsletter 📰: TV PLUS
Book 📖: SOCIAL TV: MULTI-SCREEN CONTENT AND EPHEMERAL CULTURE
Newsletter 📰: TV PLUS
I'm sorry, it's very funny to me that a compromised info merchant is so far in the tank for the NFL that he's farming engagement off this halftime show at this moment
February 9, 2026 at 6:20 PM
I'm sorry, it's very funny to me that a compromised info merchant is so far in the tank for the NFL that he's farming engagement off this halftime show at this moment
"Hey guys lol" after the last 16 months is about as vacant and cynical as you can get, which is impressive from them
February 5, 2026 at 3:25 PM
"Hey guys lol" after the last 16 months is about as vacant and cynical as you can get, which is impressive from them
Two decent ways to go out, IMO!
February 3, 2026 at 5:00 PM
Two decent ways to go out, IMO!
We're somehow nearly six years on from when films like The Invisible Man, The Hunt, and Onward were punted to premium video-on-demand with some interesting promo strategies. LMK if you need access.
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‘The Invisible Man is in your home’: pandemic-era Watch Parties as ephemeral media events
The COVID-19 pandemic has transformed the distribution of many films since 2020, but none more so than films that were in theaters when lockdowns closed multiplexes. To compensate for the collapsed...
www.tandfonline.com
February 3, 2026 at 4:19 PM
We're somehow nearly six years on from when films like The Invisible Man, The Hunt, and Onward were punted to premium video-on-demand with some interesting promo strategies. LMK if you need access.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Related-ish, a student asked about mono/stereo yesterday, and I immediately rec'd your book!
January 21, 2026 at 2:40 PM
Related-ish, a student asked about mono/stereo yesterday, and I immediately rec'd your book!
You can subscribe to NEWS OVER NOISE right here. Some fun episodes coming later this season! news-over-noise.simplecast.com
News Over Noise
If you find yourself avoiding the news, you’re not alone. But what’s turning you off is likely not the news itself—it’s the noise surrounding it. News Over Noise explores the challenge of separating s...
news-over-noise.simplecast.com
January 13, 2026 at 4:53 PM
You can subscribe to NEWS OVER NOISE right here. Some fun episodes coming later this season! news-over-noise.simplecast.com
Our second episode is with Jim Rodenbush, who was pushed out as director of student media at Indiana University for protecting students from admin pushback: newsliteracy.psu.edu/podcasts/whe...
When Universities Police the Press: The Fight Over Student Journalism - News Literacy Initiative
When student journalists at Indiana University published routine accountability reporting, they did not expect rising pressure from the institution they were co
newsliteracy.psu.edu
January 13, 2026 at 4:52 PM
Our second episode is with Jim Rodenbush, who was pushed out as director of student media at Indiana University for protecting students from admin pushback: newsliteracy.psu.edu/podcasts/whe...
Wack ass 2003 sequel
January 3, 2026 at 1:43 PM
Wack ass 2003 sequel
People obsessed with “having a plan” simply refuse to accept how creative work is done. Nevermind that VG’s case…he famously figured out BB each season.
January 2, 2026 at 7:42 PM
People obsessed with “having a plan” simply refuse to accept how creative work is done. Nevermind that VG’s case…he famously figured out BB each season.
Not that we needed it, but a fine reminder when someone gets on stage at the Globes or Oscars, talking about the "diverse voices."
December 17, 2025 at 12:43 AM
Not that we needed it, but a fine reminder when someone gets on stage at the Globes or Oscars, talking about the "diverse voices."
Speaking for myself, and students whom I've asked: I have no reason to use it when I communicate with people using all these others.
December 16, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Speaking for myself, and students whom I've asked: I have no reason to use it when I communicate with people using all these others.