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<p></p><p>Why Do I Love Television So Very Much?

Why Do I Love Television So Very Much?(50)

March 9, 2007

by: Alan McKee / Queensland University of Technology
Why is television my favourite medium, moreso than cinema, radio, even than books? Why does art make me so angry, television so joyful?

<p></p><p>The Crying Game: Why Television Brings Us to Tears

The Crying Game: Why Television Brings Us to Tears

by: David Lavery / Brunel University
On media and the observation that we still have no valid, philosophically sophisticated theory of why we laugh and cry.

<p></p><p>Prime Time Bullies

Prime Time Bullies

by: Gareth Palmer / University of Salford
In programmes ranging from Extreme Makeover to Ten Years Younger our flexible selves are seen to be empowered by experts striving to bring forth ‘the real you.’

<p></p><p>Let Me Tell You—

Let Me Tell You—

by: Craig Jacobsen / Mesa Community College
What’s new, or at least notable by degree, is the attention being given to the portrayal of storytelling within broadcast network programming.


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