Tag Archives: Television
The Cyber Agenda: Politics and the Power of the Internet
Lawrence K. Grossman and James Kinsella discuss and describe how new technologies such as the Internet, online magazines, and interactive cable systems are replacing our shared experience of the front page, nightly news on TV, and conventional magazines. Grossman and Kinsella … Continue reading
Posted in Episodes, Grossman, Lawrence, Kinsella, James
Tagged Art, Computers, Humanities, Internet, Journalism, Television
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Watching Television
Todd Gitlin discusses television and American culture in the mid-1980s and his study of program types, including soap operas, MTV, the series America, commercials, and news reporting. He edited a volume of essays titled Watching Television: A Pantheon Guide to Popular … Continue reading
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Tagged Humanities, media, Popular culture, Television
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TV’s Power and Price
The holy wars of television evangelists focused public attention on religious broadcasting in the late twentieth century. Mimi White notes that religion on television clearly differs from mainstream programming, but the two forms share an important similarity—therapy, or an emphasis on interpersonal … Continue reading
Posted in Episodes, Fiske, John, Stam, Robert, White, Mimi
Tagged evangelists, Journalism, Religion, Television, Television history
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Television and Ethics; Commentary on Television and Ethics
With regard to programming standards and practices in 1986, what is the status of American network television? Where are its weaknesses and strengths? How does network television in the United States measure and address the needs of its audiences? Eli A. … Continue reading
Posted in Episodes, O'Connor, John, Rubinstein, Eli, Schneider, Alfred R.
Tagged Journalism, Television
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The Case for Popular Culture, Part 2 of 2: Soap Operas
Robert Allen addresses popular culture and televised series in this episode of Soundings. How many of us have not enjoyed soap operas on radio or TV, whether openly or secretly? Why do soap operas provoke violent attack and zealous defense? In … Continue reading
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Tagged Entertainment, Soap operas, Television
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Television and Children, Part 1 of 2
Television historian Thomas Cripps and Eli Rubinstein, who was vice-chairman of the Surgeon General’s Scientific Advisory Committee on Television and the Young Viewer, address the social and cultural impact of television and film in the first of a two-part discussion. … Continue reading
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Tagged Culture, Entertainment, Technology, Television
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