Ethan Thompson
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- School: Texas A&M University
- Campus: Corpus Christi
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Biography
Texas A&M University Corpus Christi - Communication
Writer, Editor, Producer and Professor of Media Arts at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi
Higher Education
Ethan
Thompson
Corpus Christi, Texas
I research, write about, and teach film and television history, criticism, and cultural studies. I also produced and directed a documentary feature titled "TV Family" about a 1960 NBC documentary and the evolution of TV's representations of families. I have written or edited five books, including "How to Watch Television."
Experience
University of Southern California
Teaching Assistant
Division of Critical Studies
Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi
Professor of Media Arts
Ethan worked at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi as a Professor of Media Arts
Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi
Visiting Professor of Communication
Ethan worked at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi as a Visiting Professor of Communication
Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi
Assistant Professor of Communication
Ethan worked at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi as a Assistant Professor of Communication
Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi
Associate Professor of Communication & Media
Teach courses in media studies and cultural criticism. Research focuses on television history, media industries, and comedy.
Peabody Awards Program, the University of Georgia
Research and Teaching Fellow
Ethan worked at Peabody Awards Program, the University of Georgia as a Research and Teaching Fellow
Education
University of Southern California
Ph.D
Cinema-Television Critical Studies
University of Southern California
M.A
Cinema-Television Critical Studies
University of Southern California
Teaching Assistant
Division of Critical StudiesThe University of Texas at Austin
B.A
Plan II and English
Publications
I Am Not Down With That: King of the Hill and Sitcom Satire
Journal of Film and Video
This journal article examines King of the Hill to consider how characterization impacts audience reception of satire in sitcoms. I am happy to report it is currently cited in Hank Hill's Wikipedia entry.
I Am Not Down With That: King of the Hill and Sitcom Satire
Journal of Film and Video
This journal article examines King of the Hill to consider how characterization impacts audience reception of satire in sitcoms. I am happy to report it is currently cited in Hank Hill's Wikipedia entry.
Comedy Verite? The Observational Documentary Meets the Televisual Sitcom
The Velvet Light Trap
This journal article considers the "mockumentary" as an emergent mode of television comedy production.
I Am Not Down With That: King of the Hill and Sitcom Satire
Journal of Film and Video
This journal article examines King of the Hill to consider how characterization impacts audience reception of satire in sitcoms. I am happy to report it is currently cited in Hank Hill's Wikipedia entry.
Comedy Verite? The Observational Documentary Meets the Televisual Sitcom
The Velvet Light Trap
This journal article considers the "mockumentary" as an emergent mode of television comedy production.
Parody and Taste in Postwar American Television Culture
Routledge
My book examines 1950s popular culture (sick comedy, Mad Magazine, Ernie Kovacs, Playboy Magazine, Oscar Levant) to analyze and theorize the production and consumption of television, parody, and satire. The book argues that by focusing on the relationships between parody and early television, we can trace out the ways in which Americans have grown accustomed to understanding politics, current events, and popular culture through parodic humor that can be simultaneously critical, commercial, and funny.
I Am Not Down With That: King of the Hill and Sitcom Satire
Journal of Film and Video
This journal article examines King of the Hill to consider how characterization impacts audience reception of satire in sitcoms. I am happy to report it is currently cited in Hank Hill's Wikipedia entry.
Comedy Verite? The Observational Documentary Meets the Televisual Sitcom
The Velvet Light Trap
This journal article considers the "mockumentary" as an emergent mode of television comedy production.
Parody and Taste in Postwar American Television Culture
Routledge
My book examines 1950s popular culture (sick comedy, Mad Magazine, Ernie Kovacs, Playboy Magazine, Oscar Levant) to analyze and theorize the production and consumption of television, parody, and satire. The book argues that by focusing on the relationships between parody and early television, we can trace out the ways in which Americans have grown accustomed to understanding politics, current events, and popular culture through parodic humor that can be simultaneously critical, commercial, and funny.
Television History, the Peabody Archive, and Cultural Memory
University of Georgia Press
Television History, the Peabody Archive, and Cultural Memory is the first edited volume devoted to the Peabody Awards Collection, a unique repository of radio and TV programs submitted yearly since 1941 for consideration for the prestigious Peabody Awards. The essays in this volume explore the influence of the Peabody Awards Collection as an archive of the vital medium of TV, turning their attention to the wealth of programs considered for Peabody Awards that were not honored and thus have largely been forgotten and yet have the potential to reshape our understanding of American television history.
I Am Not Down With That: King of the Hill and Sitcom Satire
Journal of Film and Video
This journal article examines King of the Hill to consider how characterization impacts audience reception of satire in sitcoms. I am happy to report it is currently cited in Hank Hill's Wikipedia entry.
Comedy Verite? The Observational Documentary Meets the Televisual Sitcom
The Velvet Light Trap
This journal article considers the "mockumentary" as an emergent mode of television comedy production.
Parody and Taste in Postwar American Television Culture
Routledge
My book examines 1950s popular culture (sick comedy, Mad Magazine, Ernie Kovacs, Playboy Magazine, Oscar Levant) to analyze and theorize the production and consumption of television, parody, and satire. The book argues that by focusing on the relationships between parody and early television, we can trace out the ways in which Americans have grown accustomed to understanding politics, current events, and popular culture through parodic humor that can be simultaneously critical, commercial, and funny.
Television History, the Peabody Archive, and Cultural Memory
University of Georgia Press
Television History, the Peabody Archive, and Cultural Memory is the first edited volume devoted to the Peabody Awards Collection, a unique repository of radio and TV programs submitted yearly since 1941 for consideration for the prestigious Peabody Awards. The essays in this volume explore the influence of the Peabody Awards Collection as an archive of the vital medium of TV, turning their attention to the wealth of programs considered for Peabody Awards that were not honored and thus have largely been forgotten and yet have the potential to reshape our understanding of American television history.
Satire TV: Politics and Comedy in the Post-Network Era
NYU Press
I co-edited this collection of original essays which focus on a range of satiric television programs, from The Daily Show to Saturday Night Live, Da Ali G Show to The Colbert Report, The Boondocks to to Chappelle’s Show, along with Internet D.I.Y. satire and essays on British and Canadian satire. I also wrote an essay on South Park, and co-wrote the overview of satire and television which opens the book. The essays offer insights into what today’s class of satire tells us about the current state of politics, of television, of citizenship, all the while suggesting what satire adds to the political realm that news and documentaries cannot.
I Am Not Down With That: King of the Hill and Sitcom Satire
Journal of Film and Video
This journal article examines King of the Hill to consider how characterization impacts audience reception of satire in sitcoms. I am happy to report it is currently cited in Hank Hill's Wikipedia entry.
Comedy Verite? The Observational Documentary Meets the Televisual Sitcom
The Velvet Light Trap
This journal article considers the "mockumentary" as an emergent mode of television comedy production.
Parody and Taste in Postwar American Television Culture
Routledge
My book examines 1950s popular culture (sick comedy, Mad Magazine, Ernie Kovacs, Playboy Magazine, Oscar Levant) to analyze and theorize the production and consumption of television, parody, and satire. The book argues that by focusing on the relationships between parody and early television, we can trace out the ways in which Americans have grown accustomed to understanding politics, current events, and popular culture through parodic humor that can be simultaneously critical, commercial, and funny.
Television History, the Peabody Archive, and Cultural Memory
University of Georgia Press
Television History, the Peabody Archive, and Cultural Memory is the first edited volume devoted to the Peabody Awards Collection, a unique repository of radio and TV programs submitted yearly since 1941 for consideration for the prestigious Peabody Awards. The essays in this volume explore the influence of the Peabody Awards Collection as an archive of the vital medium of TV, turning their attention to the wealth of programs considered for Peabody Awards that were not honored and thus have largely been forgotten and yet have the potential to reshape our understanding of American television history.
Satire TV: Politics and Comedy in the Post-Network Era
NYU Press
I co-edited this collection of original essays which focus on a range of satiric television programs, from The Daily Show to Saturday Night Live, Da Ali G Show to The Colbert Report, The Boondocks to to Chappelle’s Show, along with Internet D.I.Y. satire and essays on British and Canadian satire. I also wrote an essay on South Park, and co-wrote the overview of satire and television which opens the book. The essays offer insights into what today’s class of satire tells us about the current state of politics, of television, of citizenship, all the while suggesting what satire adds to the political realm that news and documentaries cannot.
Live from New York, It’s the Fake News! Saturday Night Live and the (Non)Politics of Parody
News Parody and Political Satire Across the Globe, Routledge
I co-wrote this critical essay on the history of Saturday Night Live's "Weekend Update" sequence.
I Am Not Down With That: King of the Hill and Sitcom Satire
Journal of Film and Video
This journal article examines King of the Hill to consider how characterization impacts audience reception of satire in sitcoms. I am happy to report it is currently cited in Hank Hill's Wikipedia entry.
Comedy Verite? The Observational Documentary Meets the Televisual Sitcom
The Velvet Light Trap
This journal article considers the "mockumentary" as an emergent mode of television comedy production.
Parody and Taste in Postwar American Television Culture
Routledge
My book examines 1950s popular culture (sick comedy, Mad Magazine, Ernie Kovacs, Playboy Magazine, Oscar Levant) to analyze and theorize the production and consumption of television, parody, and satire. The book argues that by focusing on the relationships between parody and early television, we can trace out the ways in which Americans have grown accustomed to understanding politics, current events, and popular culture through parodic humor that can be simultaneously critical, commercial, and funny.
Television History, the Peabody Archive, and Cultural Memory
University of Georgia Press
Television History, the Peabody Archive, and Cultural Memory is the first edited volume devoted to the Peabody Awards Collection, a unique repository of radio and TV programs submitted yearly since 1941 for consideration for the prestigious Peabody Awards. The essays in this volume explore the influence of the Peabody Awards Collection as an archive of the vital medium of TV, turning their attention to the wealth of programs considered for Peabody Awards that were not honored and thus have largely been forgotten and yet have the potential to reshape our understanding of American television history.
Satire TV: Politics and Comedy in the Post-Network Era
NYU Press
I co-edited this collection of original essays which focus on a range of satiric television programs, from The Daily Show to Saturday Night Live, Da Ali G Show to The Colbert Report, The Boondocks to to Chappelle’s Show, along with Internet D.I.Y. satire and essays on British and Canadian satire. I also wrote an essay on South Park, and co-wrote the overview of satire and television which opens the book. The essays offer insights into what today’s class of satire tells us about the current state of politics, of television, of citizenship, all the while suggesting what satire adds to the political realm that news and documentaries cannot.
Live from New York, It’s the Fake News! Saturday Night Live and the (Non)Politics of Parody
News Parody and Political Satire Across the Globe, Routledge
I co-wrote this critical essay on the history of Saturday Night Live's "Weekend Update" sequence.
How to Watch Television
NYU Press
How to Watch Television brings together forty original essays from today’s leading scholars on television culture, writing about the programs they care (and think) the most about. Each essay focuses on a particular television show, demonstrating one way to read the program and, through it, our media culture. The essays model how to practice media criticism in accessible language, providing critical insights through analysis—suggesting a way of looking at TV that students and interested viewers might emulate. Second edition (with 22 new essays coming spring 2020)
I Am Not Down With That: King of the Hill and Sitcom Satire
Journal of Film and Video
This journal article examines King of the Hill to consider how characterization impacts audience reception of satire in sitcoms. I am happy to report it is currently cited in Hank Hill's Wikipedia entry.
Comedy Verite? The Observational Documentary Meets the Televisual Sitcom
The Velvet Light Trap
This journal article considers the "mockumentary" as an emergent mode of television comedy production.
Parody and Taste in Postwar American Television Culture
Routledge
My book examines 1950s popular culture (sick comedy, Mad Magazine, Ernie Kovacs, Playboy Magazine, Oscar Levant) to analyze and theorize the production and consumption of television, parody, and satire. The book argues that by focusing on the relationships between parody and early television, we can trace out the ways in which Americans have grown accustomed to understanding politics, current events, and popular culture through parodic humor that can be simultaneously critical, commercial, and funny.
Television History, the Peabody Archive, and Cultural Memory
University of Georgia Press
Television History, the Peabody Archive, and Cultural Memory is the first edited volume devoted to the Peabody Awards Collection, a unique repository of radio and TV programs submitted yearly since 1941 for consideration for the prestigious Peabody Awards. The essays in this volume explore the influence of the Peabody Awards Collection as an archive of the vital medium of TV, turning their attention to the wealth of programs considered for Peabody Awards that were not honored and thus have largely been forgotten and yet have the potential to reshape our understanding of American television history.
Satire TV: Politics and Comedy in the Post-Network Era
NYU Press
I co-edited this collection of original essays which focus on a range of satiric television programs, from The Daily Show to Saturday Night Live, Da Ali G Show to The Colbert Report, The Boondocks to to Chappelle’s Show, along with Internet D.I.Y. satire and essays on British and Canadian satire. I also wrote an essay on South Park, and co-wrote the overview of satire and television which opens the book. The essays offer insights into what today’s class of satire tells us about the current state of politics, of television, of citizenship, all the while suggesting what satire adds to the political realm that news and documentaries cannot.
Live from New York, It’s the Fake News! Saturday Night Live and the (Non)Politics of Parody
News Parody and Political Satire Across the Globe, Routledge
I co-wrote this critical essay on the history of Saturday Night Live's "Weekend Update" sequence.
How to Watch Television
NYU Press
How to Watch Television brings together forty original essays from today’s leading scholars on television culture, writing about the programs they care (and think) the most about. Each essay focuses on a particular television show, demonstrating one way to read the program and, through it, our media culture. The essays model how to practice media criticism in accessible language, providing critical insights through analysis—suggesting a way of looking at TV that students and interested viewers might emulate. Second edition (with 22 new essays coming spring 2020)
The Parodic Impulse and the Sophisticated Gaze: Masculinity and Taste in Playboy’s Penthouse
Television and New Media
This journal article examines how Playboy promoted parody as a form of interpretation and “sophisticated” way to engage television.
I Am Not Down With That: King of the Hill and Sitcom Satire
Journal of Film and Video
This journal article examines King of the Hill to consider how characterization impacts audience reception of satire in sitcoms. I am happy to report it is currently cited in Hank Hill's Wikipedia entry.
Comedy Verite? The Observational Documentary Meets the Televisual Sitcom
The Velvet Light Trap
This journal article considers the "mockumentary" as an emergent mode of television comedy production.
Parody and Taste in Postwar American Television Culture
Routledge
My book examines 1950s popular culture (sick comedy, Mad Magazine, Ernie Kovacs, Playboy Magazine, Oscar Levant) to analyze and theorize the production and consumption of television, parody, and satire. The book argues that by focusing on the relationships between parody and early television, we can trace out the ways in which Americans have grown accustomed to understanding politics, current events, and popular culture through parodic humor that can be simultaneously critical, commercial, and funny.
Television History, the Peabody Archive, and Cultural Memory
University of Georgia Press
Television History, the Peabody Archive, and Cultural Memory is the first edited volume devoted to the Peabody Awards Collection, a unique repository of radio and TV programs submitted yearly since 1941 for consideration for the prestigious Peabody Awards. The essays in this volume explore the influence of the Peabody Awards Collection as an archive of the vital medium of TV, turning their attention to the wealth of programs considered for Peabody Awards that were not honored and thus have largely been forgotten and yet have the potential to reshape our understanding of American television history.
Satire TV: Politics and Comedy in the Post-Network Era
NYU Press
I co-edited this collection of original essays which focus on a range of satiric television programs, from The Daily Show to Saturday Night Live, Da Ali G Show to The Colbert Report, The Boondocks to to Chappelle’s Show, along with Internet D.I.Y. satire and essays on British and Canadian satire. I also wrote an essay on South Park, and co-wrote the overview of satire and television which opens the book. The essays offer insights into what today’s class of satire tells us about the current state of politics, of television, of citizenship, all the while suggesting what satire adds to the political realm that news and documentaries cannot.
Live from New York, It’s the Fake News! Saturday Night Live and the (Non)Politics of Parody
News Parody and Political Satire Across the Globe, Routledge
I co-wrote this critical essay on the history of Saturday Night Live's "Weekend Update" sequence.
How to Watch Television
NYU Press
How to Watch Television brings together forty original essays from today’s leading scholars on television culture, writing about the programs they care (and think) the most about. Each essay focuses on a particular television show, demonstrating one way to read the program and, through it, our media culture. The essays model how to practice media criticism in accessible language, providing critical insights through analysis—suggesting a way of looking at TV that students and interested viewers might emulate. Second edition (with 22 new essays coming spring 2020)
The Parodic Impulse and the Sophisticated Gaze: Masculinity and Taste in Playboy’s Penthouse
Television and New Media
This journal article examines how Playboy promoted parody as a form of interpretation and “sophisticated” way to engage television.
Good Demo, Bad Taste: South Park as Carnivalesque Satire
in Satire TV
My own chapter in Satire TV examines how South Park's approach to comedy fits in the tradition of "carnivalesque" humor as well as the logics of post-network television.
I Am Not Down With That: King of the Hill and Sitcom Satire
Journal of Film and Video
This journal article examines King of the Hill to consider how characterization impacts audience reception of satire in sitcoms. I am happy to report it is currently cited in Hank Hill's Wikipedia entry.
Comedy Verite? The Observational Documentary Meets the Televisual Sitcom
The Velvet Light Trap
This journal article considers the "mockumentary" as an emergent mode of television comedy production.
Parody and Taste in Postwar American Television Culture
Routledge
My book examines 1950s popular culture (sick comedy, Mad Magazine, Ernie Kovacs, Playboy Magazine, Oscar Levant) to analyze and theorize the production and consumption of television, parody, and satire. The book argues that by focusing on the relationships between parody and early television, we can trace out the ways in which Americans have grown accustomed to understanding politics, current events, and popular culture through parodic humor that can be simultaneously critical, commercial, and funny.
Television History, the Peabody Archive, and Cultural Memory
University of Georgia Press
Television History, the Peabody Archive, and Cultural Memory is the first edited volume devoted to the Peabody Awards Collection, a unique repository of radio and TV programs submitted yearly since 1941 for consideration for the prestigious Peabody Awards. The essays in this volume explore the influence of the Peabody Awards Collection as an archive of the vital medium of TV, turning their attention to the wealth of programs considered for Peabody Awards that were not honored and thus have largely been forgotten and yet have the potential to reshape our understanding of American television history.
Satire TV: Politics and Comedy in the Post-Network Era
NYU Press
I co-edited this collection of original essays which focus on a range of satiric television programs, from The Daily Show to Saturday Night Live, Da Ali G Show to The Colbert Report, The Boondocks to to Chappelle’s Show, along with Internet D.I.Y. satire and essays on British and Canadian satire. I also wrote an essay on South Park, and co-wrote the overview of satire and television which opens the book. The essays offer insights into what today’s class of satire tells us about the current state of politics, of television, of citizenship, all the while suggesting what satire adds to the political realm that news and documentaries cannot.
Live from New York, It’s the Fake News! Saturday Night Live and the (Non)Politics of Parody
News Parody and Political Satire Across the Globe, Routledge
I co-wrote this critical essay on the history of Saturday Night Live's "Weekend Update" sequence.
How to Watch Television
NYU Press
How to Watch Television brings together forty original essays from today’s leading scholars on television culture, writing about the programs they care (and think) the most about. Each essay focuses on a particular television show, demonstrating one way to read the program and, through it, our media culture. The essays model how to practice media criticism in accessible language, providing critical insights through analysis—suggesting a way of looking at TV that students and interested viewers might emulate. Second edition (with 22 new essays coming spring 2020)
The Parodic Impulse and the Sophisticated Gaze: Masculinity and Taste in Playboy’s Penthouse
Television and New Media
This journal article examines how Playboy promoted parody as a form of interpretation and “sophisticated” way to engage television.
Good Demo, Bad Taste: South Park as Carnivalesque Satire
in Satire TV
My own chapter in Satire TV examines how South Park's approach to comedy fits in the tradition of "carnivalesque" humor as well as the logics of post-network television.
TV Family
Media Education Foundation
In TV FAMILY, a Texas family reflects on the forgotten television documentary produced about them in 1960, describing how the program both mirrored and distorted the reality of their lives. Distributed by the Media Education Foundation. Currently available on Kanopy.
