The Legacy of Mystery Science Theater 3000 : Text, Textual Production, Paracinema, and Media Literacy.

Paracinema, as proposed by Jeffrey Sconce, an activity in which audiences seek out marginalized films and both celebrate and ridicule them (535), is a practice that offers lessons in media literacy and textual production. Mystery Science Theater 3000 (MST3K) is an important cultural artifact that of...

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Published in:	Journal of Popular Film & Television Vol. 40; no. 2; pp. 94 - 105
Main Author:	Bonnstetter, BethE.
Format:	Article
Published:	Taylor & Francis Ltd 2012
Subjects:	Mystery Science Theater 3000 (TV program) Hodgson, Joel Media literacy Postmodernism (Philosophy) Parody television programs Ott, Brian
Online Access:	View this record in EBSCOhost