thetvprofessorisin
About My Blog
Me in a Nutshell
What is it that fuels you? For me, it’s learning about other people. And I've learned a lot about people through television. It's shaped the way I have gotten my news, entertainment, distraction; sparked conversations with others and forged relationships; created a space where possibility, reality, and fiction collide through the senses: sight, sound, action.
thetvprofessorisin is truly my passion project. I've been studying television since graduate school and in my Ph.D. program, published scholarly work on zombies, talk shows, tattoo artists and their clients, toddlers with tiaras, and women's representation on the screen (of which we need more and better). I love British, Scandinvian noir, mysteries, k-dramas, zombies, thrillers, PBS masterpiece, and the Kardashian franchise (not afraid to admit it). I'm a proud tv fan geek and believe we can learn from and influence change (for the better...or worse) through the tube. Let's do this together.
You can find me at linkedin.com/in/sabrinapasztor
or watching a show.
Stuff I've written about TV
Pasztor, S.K. (2019). Parlez in the Parlor: Greeting Rituals, Negotiation, Goal Achievement, Gender, and Power Dynamics in Tattoo Artist-Client Discourse in reality television program TLC’s “NY Ink”, International Journal of Communication and Linguistic Studies 17 (1): 23-41. doi:10.18848/2327-7882/CGP/v17i01/23-41.
Pasztor, S.K. (February/Winter 2015). The Gendered World of Work in the Good Life of Television. Media Report to Women, Ed. Sheila Gibbons. Published by the Women’s Institute for Freedom of the Press (1972-1987) and Communication Research Associates (1987-present), Baltimore, MD.
Pasztor, S.K. (2016). ‘There’s an App for That': Teens Using Technology to Control Gender Behavior in the Disney Channel's Original Movies Zapped and How to Build a Better Boy. In Friends, Lovers, Co-Workers, and Community: Everything I Know About Relationships I Learned from Television. New York: Lexington Books.
Pasztor, S.K. & Korn, J. (2015). Zombie Fans, Second Screen and Television Audiences: Redefining Parasociality as Technoprosociality in AMC’s #TalkingDead. In A. Slade, A.J. Narro, & D. Givens-Carroll (Eds.), Television, Social Media, and Fan Culture. New York: Lexington Books.
Pasztor, S.K. (2016, September 27). A Gender Communication Expert Pronounces Trump the Winner at First Presidential Debate. The Hollywood Reporter. http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/a-gender-communicationexpert-pronounces-932800.
Pasztor, S.K. and Korn, J. (April 2016). Co-curator on Media Commons Project site at https://mediacommons.org/imr/2016/04/21/second-screen-and-social-media-audience-interactivity-amc-s-talking-dead. Second Screen and Social Media Audience Interactivity on AMC’s Talking Dead.
Stuff I've said about TV
Sun, Rebecca (2016, June 24). Why Jennifer Lawrence Gets Money When She Talks (but Hillary is Vilified). The Hollywood Reporter. http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/why-jennifer-lawrence-gets-money-904991/
Pasztor, S.K. and Korn, J. (2015, April). Zombie Fans, Second Screen and Television Audiences: Redefining Parasociality as Technoprosociality in AMC’s #TalkingDead. Paper presented on panel at Southern States Communication Association (SSCA) 85th Annual Convention, Tampa, FL.
Pasztor, S.K. (2014, November), Korn, J., DeJesus, E.A, Evans, V. and E. Kropp. Panel Participant and Panel Coorganizer. Television’s Past and Present: How College Kids, Queer Youth, Bones and Talking Dead stream online social media and the implications for Contemporary Fandom. Paper presented at the National Communication Association (NCA) 100th Annual Convention, Mass Communication Division, Chicago, IL.
Pasztor, S.K. (2014, May). The Gendered World of Work in the Good Life of Television. Paper presented at the International Communication Association (ICA) Annual Conference, Feminist Division, Seattle, WA.
Pasztor, S.K. (2013, June). Parlez in the Parlor: Goal-achievement in tattoo artist-studio client greeting rituals in The Learning Channel (TLC)’s television program NY Ink. Paper presented at the International Communication Association (ICA) Annual Conference, Language and Social Interaction Division, London, UK.
Pasztor, S.K. (2012, November). My Beautiful Baby: Discursive Elements of Identity, Social Relations, and Power in TLC’s Toddlers & Tiaras. Paper presented at the National Communication Association (NCA) 98th Annual Convention,
Top Graduate Student Paper Award, Mass Communication Division, Orlando, FL.