Critical Studies in Media Communication, Volume 34, Issue 2, June 2017

Critical Studies in Media Communication, Volume 34, Issue 2, June 2017 is now available online on Taylor & Francis Online.

Paratexts, Promos, and Publicity

Preface
“Not merely para”: continuing steps in paratextual research
Robert Brookey & Jonathan Gray
Pages: 101-110 | DOI: 10.1080/15295036.2017.1312472

Articles
Portal or police? The limits of promotional paratexts
Melissa Aronczyk
Pages: 111-119 | DOI: 10.1080/15295036.2017.1289545

Reviving Bruce: negotiating Asian masculinity through Bruce Lee paratexts in Giant Robot and Angry Asian Man
LeiLani Nishime
Pages: 120-129 | DOI: 10.1080/15295036.2017.1285420

“What has she actually done??!”: Gay men, diva worship, and the paratextualization of gay-rights support
Jimmy Draper
Pages: 130-137 | DOI: 10.1080/15295036.2017.1288916

#Wheresrey?: Toys, spoilers, and the gender politics of franchise paratexts
Suzanne Scott
Pages: 138-147 | DOI: 10.1080/15295036.2017.1286023

Activating activism: Facebook trending topics, media franchises, and industry disruption
Derek Johnson
Pages: 148-157 | DOI: 10.1080/15295036.2017.1298142

Fandom’s paratextual memory: remembering, reconstructing, and repatriating “lost” Doctor Who
Matt Hills & Joanne Garde-Hansen
Pages: 158-167 | DOI: 10.1080/15295036.2017.1293276

Glee-talia: adapting Glee for an Italian audience
Laurena E. Bernabo
Pages: 168-176 | DOI: 10.1080/15295036.2017.1292040

When paratexts become texts: de-centering the game-as-text
Mia Consalvo
Pages: 177-183 | DOI: 10.1080/15295036.2017.1304648

Ancillary academia: video shorts and the production of university paratexts
Paul Grainge
Pages: 184-192 | DOI: 10.1080/15295036.2017.1286024