Britain hosts the first-ever "The Wire" conference

Academics from around the world attended the "The Wire as Social Science Fiction?" conference over the weekend in Leeds, discussing topics like "Omar: Ethics, Power and Performativity."

Academics from Oxford, Harvard, Vanderbilt and the University of Canterbury in New Zealand also discussed whether the HBO series was a real sociological exercise or not.

[The Guardian via TV Tattle]

emily | 11:37 AM | The impact of TV series on society |
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