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>> ix Acknowledgments I owe a great deal to the many people who have helped me along this path. Just one class with Melani McAlister inspired me to pursue a Ph.D. in American Studies. She’s that good. I was lucky enough to have her as my adviser. She offered professional mentorship, personal guidance, tough love (when I needed it), and somehow always understood my poorly stated ideas. Sean Aday’s mentorship and candor taught me to be a better writer and thinker. I thank him, above all, for humoring me. I am indebted to Chad Heap for lending his intellectual precision and historical rigor to this project through his close readings. I extend my gratitude to Kerric Harvey for sparking my interest in technology, for teaching me how to think about it, and for years of warm collegiality. Thanks to Robert Entman and Phyllis Palmer for their productive skepticism. The librarians at the Motion Picture, Broadcasting, and Recorded Sound Division at the Library of Congress contributed to both this work and my research process. The George Washington University American Studies Department provided me with instruction and funding while I was writing. The University of Arkansas Communication Department provided institutional support, mentorship, and grants as I edited. I am particularly grateful for the opportunity to join the Critical Cultural Communication series and the NYU Press family. First and foremost I want to thank Eric Zinner, for his persistent and enthusiastic support of this work. I am indebted to Ciara McLaughlin, to Despina Papazoglou Gimbel and her team, to series editors Sarah Banet-Weiser and Kent Ono, as well as to Thomas Streeter and two anonymous reviewers for their thoughtful comments . Thank you all for your many meaningful contributions. I worked through the concepts in this book at many conferences, including American Studies Association, Collected Stories, Cultural Studies, International Communication Association, Popular Culture/American Culture, and Society for Cinema and Media Studies. I thank the audiences, respondents, x > xi embarrassingly amateur sports, and for supporting me during the course of this project. These friends and colleagues include Myria Allen, Trish Amason , Becky Bailey, Matt and Allison Balus, Emily Bliss, Bob and Laurie Brady, Erin Brasell, Geoff Brock, Sunshine Broder, Matt Burch, Jon Cavallero, Kurtis Cooper, Nicholas M. Copeland, Sarah Denison, Ramzi Fawaz, Joshua Fisher, Tom Frentz, Jesse Gelwicks, Marti Harris, Hershel Hartford, Andrew Hartman, Sandra Heard, Erin Helf, Jeremy Hill, Lisa Hinrichsen, Jen Hoyer, Laura and Kyle Kellams, David Kieran, Keith Kincaid, Todd Kluss as Head of the Farragut Family, Christine Labuski, Lars Lierow, Cameron Logan, Chad and Liza Lorenz, Joseph Malherek, Ann Marchand, Lisa Margulis, Brenda McCrory, Irene McMullin, Lynn Meade, Simone Meyer, Karen and Justin Minkel, Megan Moores, Shauna Morimoto, Aimée Papazian, Alexandra Pappas , Janine Parry, Aaron Potenza, Sara Sanders, James Savage, Frank Scheide, Bill Schreckhise, Steve Smith, Scott and Leslie Stephens, Jason Thompson, Yusuke Torii, Joan Troyano, Padma Viswanathan, Lauren Van Damme, Lynne Webb, Rob and Jan Wicks, and Griff Witte. In particular, thank you to Lisa Corrigan, Angie Maxwell, Tom Rosteck, Kasey Walker, Ron Warren, and Laura Wexler for their advice on parts of this work. For their understanding and support, I thank my family: Götti Abderhalden , Debbie and Tom Deere, Robin and Genevieve Cory, Joachim Rumpf, Mark Schulte, Patty and Joe Schulte, Amanda and Tommy Visty, Trudy and Morry Wexler. In particular, thank you to my parents—Judith Ricker, Mark Cory, and Charles Ricker—for passing on their passion for knowledge, for sage advice, for being great role models, and, most importantly, for their love. To Bret, thank you for letting me bore you, for supporting and loving me, for reminding me to laugh, eat, and breathe, and for raising Ava and Leo with me. I owe a debt to you I can’t begin to repay. This page intentionally left blank ...