Monthly Archives: November 2003

Parking Lott: The Role of Web logs in the Fall of Sen. Trent Lott

Abstract: In December 2002, Republican Senate leader Trent Lott said that if Strom Thurmond had been elected president in 1948 on a segregationist platform, “we wouldn’t have had all these problems over all these years.” For four days, the press … Continue reading

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Homosexuality on Television:The Heterosexualization of Will & Grace in Print Media

Abstract: Despite its arrival to primetime television so soon after the demise of Ellen – television’s first program with an openly homosexual lead character – NBC’s Will & Grace has incurred no right-wing protest or controversy. According to media critics, … Continue reading

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