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<p></p><p>The Best of Television: The Inaugural Flow Critics’ Poll

The Best of Television: The Inaugural Flow Critics’ Poll(10)

September 22, 2006

by: Jason Mittell / Middlebury College
And the winner is…

<p></p><p>Wasn’t That Show Cancelled? – The Increasing DVD Phenomenon

Wasn’t That Show Cancelled? – The Increasing DVD Phenomenon

by: Nichola Dobson / Independent Scholar
The expectation seems to be emerging that at the end of any series, or season, the show will be distributed and sold on DVD.

<p></p><p>Reality TV Is Undemocratic

Reality TV Is Undemocratic

by: Mark Andrejevic / University of Iowa
In its broadest sense, the term “democratic” is invoked to indicate that the public has been given a choice of some sort, or even more generally that it has been provided with the opportunity to “participate.” Are the limited forms of engagement that Reality TV provides truly “democratic”?

<p></p><p>Television and the Practice of “Criticism”

Television and the Practice of “Criticism”

by: John Corner / University of Liverpool
How contemplating criticism for television calls into question the very nature of criticism itself.


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