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The Scourge of Fake News
Richard Van Heertum / New York Film Academy

December 18, 2016 Richard Van Heertum / New York Film Academy 3 comments

Richard Van Heertum considers the applicability of Marshall McLuhan’s global village, Guy Debord’s society of the spectacle, and Jean Baudrillard’s simulacra/simulacrum to the 2016 American presidential election.

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“Captive TV:” A New Reality Format

May 4, 2007 John Corner / University of Liverpool 2 comments

by: John Corner / University of Liverpool
What does the Royal Navy’s recent hostage crisis in Iran say about television’s involvement in the conduct of war and conflict?

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TV in the Season of Compassion Fatigue

November 4, 2005 Diane Negra / University College Dublin 2 comments

by: Diane Negra / University of East Anglia
What, ultimately, drives the production and consumption of television disaster coverage?

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Hurricane Spectacles and the Crisis of the Bush Presidency

October 7, 2005 Doug Kellner / UCLA 6 comments

by: Douglas Kellner / UCLA
(How) will the Bush image weather criticism leveled at his administration in the wake of Hurricane Katrina?

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I Love Lucy in the Sixties

September 23, 2005 Heather Hendershot / Queens College 4 comments

by: Heather Hendershot / Queens College
How are our televisual memories and self-perceptions challenged when we revisit the shows of our youth?

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The Media and Death: The Case of Terri Schiavo and the Pope

April 25, 2005 Doug Kellner / UCLA 24 comments

by: Douglas Kellner / UCLA
Why does the “Culture of Life” movement reek of death?

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Oscar Clips Clips; Audience Insight Dips

April 25, 2005 Mary Beth Haralovich / University of Arizona 33 comments

by: Mary Beth Haralovich / University of Arizona
The Oscars® telecast missed a chance to educate and inform.

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