Television – Page 10

Teen Choice Awards: Better Than The Emmys?

September 9, 2005 Sharon Ross / Columbia College Chicago 8 comments

by: Sharon Ross / Columbia College Chicago
Hidden behind the surfboards is an awards show that celebrates much of what the Emmys have overlooked.

Bring the War Home: Iraq War Stories from Steven Bochco and Cindy Sheehan

September 9, 2005 Aniko Bodroghkozy / University of Virginia Leave a comment

by: Aniko Bodroghkozy / University of Virginia
What Over There and the coverage of Cindy Sheehan can tell us about who has a stake in the current war in Iraq.

To Have and Have not (You Don’t Know What You’ve Got Till It’s Gone)

September 9, 2005 John Hartley / Queensland University of Technology, Australia 36 comments

by: John Hartley / Queensland University of Technology
The afterlife of Dead Like Me on Australian cable television and the pleasures and perturbances of watching an already-in-the-grave series.

What is Lost?

September 9, 2005 David Golumbia / University of Virginia 7 comments

by: David Golumbia / University of Virginia
David Golumbia takes the Lost discussion one step further.

Global Television and Multiple Layers of Identity

May 13, 2005 Joe Straubhaar / University of Texas-Austin 2 comments

by: Joseph D. Straubhaar / University of Texas-Austin
How do we relate to increased local, regional, national, and global television flows?

Pass the Remote: Catch and Release

May 13, 2005 Chris Terry and Cory Maclauchlin 8 comments

by: Chris Terry, Cate Racek, and Cory Maclauchlin
What’s the appeal of fishing shows?

Evaluating TV Smarts in the Public Sphere

May 13, 2005 Allison McCracken / DePaul University 7 comments

by: Allison McCracken / DePaul University
Steven Johnson (Everything Bad is Good for You) writes that television can be a “cognitive workout.” Whose television is he talking about?

Extreme Health Care

May 13, 2005 Vicki Mayer / Tulane University 15 comments

by: Vicki Mayer / Tulane University
What’s behind Extreme Makeover’s contestants? Maybe more than just the desire to have their 5 minutes of fame.